Mickael Pietrus Wants Out Of Golden State

Man I'd much rather have Pietrus start at the forward spot than Dunleavy. I think he'll learn to shutup once he's in the starting rotation and then kick Dunleavy out to the bench or trade him for somebody else. Because if I were Pietrus, I'd be pissed off at the one guy that hoists the shot and then runs back on defense only to get beat because he can't stay in front of his man. And also what is the point of keeping Dunleavy? His dad chose the clippers and not us so what is the point of keeping him? Cuz right now this team has no direction with what they want to do and I don't see Dunleavy as being a role player in the starting rotation to a nucleus of Murphy and Jrich. What are they exactly planning for the future? And what does Mike Dunleavy Jr. do besides passing and scoring? He's got great fundamentals yes. Woopty do. I don't see him contributing on BOTH ends of the floor to be in a starting position and even if he does score x amount of points he gives up x amount of points by being slow to contest shots and then getting his teammates out of position to come help him cover his man. He just creates a lot of work for everyone else on the other end of the floor and I dont' know why people don't see this. Give Pietrus the start and when claxton comes back, put Dunleavy on the bench. The team will mesh better once it has type of running game with good man to man defenders out on the court. We need a "ron artest/bruce bowen" type player out on the floor for a majority of the game anyway. The scoring then can just come from Murphy, Richardson, Claxton. Those are your go to guys right there. Claxton and Pietrus playing the major minutes will get the stops. I'm just sick and tired of seeing Dunleavy's misses turn into a fastbreak because he can't get back in time. BTW I'll give credit to Dunleavy for taking care of the point guard spot even though its not his job.

 

Amen custodian. I would be thrilled if Petrius ends up like a Ron Artest type of player but without the ego.

 

I got my first extended look at him last night I was impressed. He plays hard. He's definitely a keeper.

 

Good thing he retracted his statement. I can understand where he's coming from. He used to play on a team that won championships because they had great team cohesion and everyone played defense (which they need to be as a championship team). If you think about it, the coaching staff and the management don't even work as a team. Cheany over Pietrus? Dunleavy over anybody at SF? Wow. Get on the same page and decide what we're going to do here.

How about Boris Diaw-Riffiod for Dunleavy. He's another French slam dunker that can play defense at the small forward position and he's got long arms and is quick. Maybe Atlanta would want to build a team around him. I think a line up of defensive stoppers at the SF and SG spot should leave a scoring point guard like Nick Van Exel, Speedy Claxton and Troy Murphy should be able to chip in points. Plus, points off fastbreaks would be good since the bench would be packed with french allstars which you could sub in depending on which position is the toughest matchup.

 

How about Boris Diaw-Riffiod for Dunleavy. He's another French slam dunker that can play defense at the small forward position and he's got long arms and is quick. Maybe Atlanta would want to build a team around him. I think a line up of defensive stoppers at the SF and SG spot should leave a scoring point guard like Nick Van Exel, Speedy Claxton and Troy Murphy should be able to chip in points. Plus, points off fastbreaks would be good since the bench would be packed with french allstars which you could sub in depending on which position is the toughest matchup.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting custodianrules2:</div><div class="quote_post">
How about Boris Diaw-Riffiod for Dunleavy. </div>Once again, Dunleavy has a bright future with the Warriors IMO. If we surround him with a good team he will produce. He is only in his second year and if he continues to improve at this rate he will be a very good player for years to come.

 

Yeah, but what will we do with J-rich and pietrus? We can't start all 3 along with a PG, even though they're all players that deserve starting mintues.

 

Which is why I think Richardson is probably the next to go. I think the management is sinking the ship into colder water and Muss knows this. Maybe that's why he's not the same coach as he was last year. All the management pressure to play certain guys like Mullin's Calbert Cheaney and Dunleavy, rather than playing Pietrus. I bet Muss wanted to play Pietrus because its not his style to run a game without young, athletic players. That should be his bread and butter to play the young guys and the public is misunderstood that he doesn't control the situations. I think its the front office.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting custodianrules2:</div><div class="quote_post">Which is why I think Richardson is probably the next to go. I think the management is sinking the ship into colder water and Muss knows this. Maybe that's why he's not the same coach as he was last year. All the management pressure to play certain guys like Mullin's Calbert Cheaney and Dunleavy, rather than playing Pietrus. I bet Muss wanted to play Pietrus because its not his style to run a game without young, athletic players. That should be his bread and butter to play the young guys and the public is misunderstood that he doesn't control the situations. I think its the front office.</div>

I don't think thats true, because last season Muss barely played Dunleavy in his rookie year. He makes you earn minutes. I don't understand why he didn't start playing Pietrus more earlier when it was pretty clear this wasn't going where though.

 

If we dump J-Rich and start Pietrus at the SG, I will have trouble watching any more Warriors games. We don't need to start this rebuilding process all over again.

 

eh, we've only done it 8 or 9 times in the past 15 years :-n

 

I don't see why one or the other couldn't come off the bench. It's like how the clippers have Q and Magette as guards right? They usually don't start them both do they?

arg. Bad comparrison. I'm saying the Warriors are basically like the Clippers (which is true).

 

If Pietrus is given the starting nod, I'm almost positive Richardson will have a fit.

 

Let's make Jrich the SF. BTW I think Quentin Richardson is the SF because he weighs like 236 lbs or something like that. He can post up bigger players whereas Magette has the lighter weight, but quicker characteristics of a shooting guard.

 

Maggette plays the 3, and Quentin the 2.

<u>The Pietrus Log:</u>

March 15: Pietrus played 34 minutes and scored 9 points (4-7 FG, 1-3 3PT), had 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. He also commited 0 turnovers.

March 17: 25 mins: 8 points, 3-5 FG, 2-3 3PT, 5 rebounds

March 19: Pietrus Lights it Up

20 points (7-8 FG, 3-4 3PT), 6 rebounds, 2 steals and a block. Gotta make the free throws though.


March 24: Pietrus Scores 18

March 28ietrus has 17 points, 5-10 FG, 2-5 3PT, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 steals.
He could have probably had more, but he was in foul trouble.

Pietrus continues to Roll

March 30: Pietrus has 19 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals and a block as Golden State's 7 game streak is snapped by Philly.

Who is this Pietrus

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Rudeezy:</div><div class="quote_post">If Pietrus is given the starting nod, I'm almost positive Richardson will have a fit.</div>Richardson would be out matched on Defense. Then we would have 3 guards that can't shoot the ball all on the court at once. Dunleavy needs to be the 3.

 

He's shown steady improvement; I guarantee he will be big-time by next year. I'd take him over Jrich at this point.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting kobeonfire:</div><div class="quote_post">He's shown steady improvement; I guarantee he will be big-time by next year. I'd take him over Jrich at this point.</div>As much as it pains me to say it, me too.

I still love J-Rich and always will.

 

While Jrich was one of my favorites, I'm glad that Pietrus is getting better than him and making him expendable. Because of this, the management can get rid of JR without having to second-guess themselves- if Pietrus hadn't emerged and JR was traded, we'd have a young inexperienced SG. But now, if we trade him, we have someone who's ready to contribute regularly and has been. He's further in his development as a star than Dunleavy at this point of his career.