ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/61179/20090817/warriors_offer_watson_$45m_over_three_years/
Well, Watson would be nice to have in case of injury (Belinelli departing makes him more valuable too), but he seems rather redundant with Curry. I wouldn't mind having him deep on the bench, but I don't trust Nelson not to play him more than he should (stealing minutes from Curry and, as part of the chain, from Morrow). Not crazy about the 3 years, let's hope he goes for the Q.O. I guess.
The thing is...he's still the best point guard on the roster IMO. Let's see once the 25th comes up. There'll be a lot of tradeable pieces available to trade then.
If Watson is the best PG, then we should be looking at getting a PG. He's the third or fourth string and more a SG than a PG. I got SJax, Monta and Curry ahead of him. I rather have kept Belinelli instead of re-signing Watson. We still don't know how good of a PG he would have been. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTJYO8MRmWI
Say good bye to a second round pick, TPE for Watson's salary and Milovan Rakovic. Kennedy: Orlando Magic End Pursuit of C.J. Watson A recent report by Alex Kennedy of RealGM indicates the Orlando Magic have finally relented in their efforts to acquire restricted free-agent point guard C.J. Watson. According to Kennedy, the Magic have tried to land Watson via a sign-and-trade deal with his current team, the Golden State Warriors, for weeks, but talks have reached an impasse. UPDATE: Kennedy reports the Warriors have offered Watson $4.5 million over 3 years, for an average annual salary of $1.5 million. For comparison, the most the Magic could pay him this season is $825,497, the minimum salary for a player with two years of NBA experience. Last Tuesday a report from a different writer, Adam Lauridsen of the Bay Area News Group, said the Magic offered the Warriors enough of the Hedo Turkoglu trade exception to cover Watson's new contract, as well as a second-round draft pick, and the draft rights to Milovan Rakovic. Indeed, it's disappointing to read that Watson, the ideal third-string point guard for Orlando due to his age and skill-set, won't join the Magic this season. But it's at least comforting to know that this saga, which has dragged on for exactly a month, is finally ending. Now that Watson's officially off the table, the Magic can look elsewhere to address their need for a third-string point guard. To whom should they turn their attention now?
Idiotic. This situation reminds me of Marc Jackson one. CJ doesn't want to be here, and he really isn't in the part of our future plan. But, our front office gets greedy, and wants to cash in as much as possible. Of course, I am still puzzled why they just gave up on Marco for cash either. If they wanted, they could have gotten far more than just cash. Something just doesn't seem right...
I will wait until the official press release, but how the hell are they going to explain this one? I mean, there HAS to be some sort of bigger plan here. This type of ineptitude is not surprising though, given that it's the Warriors. But, seriously? So, we now have 3 third-string point guards on our team not including Curry.
Sorry, but this furthers my hunch that Larry Riley has no clue what he's doing as GM. But, you can't blame the messenger. I mean he is the right-hand man to Robert Rowell, the doosh bag that gave SJax the "good faith" early extension." And, I guess you can't really blame Mr. Robert "doosh bag" Rowell completely, because afterall, he's simply the little right-hand pawn of Chris "Fat Moron" Cohan, the ass-munch that let Gilbert Arenas get away because he refused to shake his hand and give him his word on a future extension... The only executive who has shown any signs of capability around here was Mullin, but he was too renegade for ass-munch and doosh-bag so they fired him. My hunch is that Robert Rowell couldn't make a left-handed layup.
Don't really mind CJ at 1.5 mil/year. But if that report was true that we could have had a 1st + filler then this obviously blows. I, however, don't believe that was ever offered.
I don't mind Watson if we didn't have Law and Claxton and to some extent Curry. I hope Watson's presence doesn't take away development time from Curry or Morrow.
MT 2 posts here? AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH! By Marcus Thompson II Oakland Tribune Posted: 08/17/2009 09:26:55 PM PDT Updated: 08/17/2009 10:36:12 PM PDT Third-year point guard C.J. Watson could probably get more minutes, a more sure spot in the rotation, if he were with another NBA team. He likely would make more money, too. But the way things are working out for Watson, he'll end up with the Warriors for less money and an underdog in the fight for minutes. However, he has himself to blame. Warriors general manager Larry Riley has turned down all the offers he's received for Watson, the latest and most significant coming from the Orlando Magic, according to a person close to the talks. Riley turned down a first-round draft pick, cash and a reserve guard, the source said. Riley, per team policy, declined to comment on trade discussions. But he did say he wants Watson in a Warriors uniform next season. "We've had substantial interest for C.J. Watson in regards to sign-and-trades," Riley said when reached by phone Monday. "We haven't had an offer that's exceeded C.J.'s value. We like C.J., and we'll be working toward bringing him back." Watson was called up from the NBA Development League in January 2008 and emerged as one of coach Don Nelson's favorite guards last season. He has said he would like to stay in Oakland but no doubt wants more money and more minutes. Because he's a restricted free agent, the Warriors have a right to match another team's offer to Watson even if they are over the salary cap. But Watson hasn't been able to get a team to sign him to an offer sheet, largely because Riley has made it clear he would match any reasonable offer before the seven-day grace period expires. That seems to leave Watson with two realistic options, both of which involve staying with the Warriors. He could play for the one-year qualifying offer, which is just over $1 million and become an unrestricted free agent at the end of next season. Or, he could take the security of the three-year, $4.5 million offer he has on the table from the Warriors, which is undoubtedly less money than Watson had in mind. http://www.insidebayarea.com/sports/ci_13148272
Other potential targets for Orlando are Jason Hart, Troy Hudson, Brevin Knight, Flip Murray and Mike Wilks. Aren't most of these guys better than Watson anyways?
They all have severe deficiencies in their game. I wouldn't say they're better or worse than Watson. Well, Troy Hudson is basically done due to his injury he had when he was a Warrior.
They're all worse than a first round pick even if it's a crappy one. Anthony Johnson would have been another $2.16 M expiring for 2010 (assuming he was in the deal) and cash . I don't get Larry Riley on his past two deals with Belinelli and Watson.
