What about Najera?...any predictions? Numbers: Games? Points? Rebounds? Is he happy to be a Warrior? Main bakcup of Dunleavy o starter? position (SF/PF/evene C)? Hyped for the mexican media? "Najeramania" in the Bay? Mexican base in Golde State? future o not future in the next 2 season here? Agree o disagree wiht him?
First off, if you need to add something to your previous message, just use the "EDIT" button on your first post instead of making a new post. Second, those are a lot of questions but poor phrasing and mispelling make me a bit confused. I'll try my best to answer a few of them and rephrase the questions into categories. I think a lot of them have been answered already in older posts. 1. Numbers/Points/Rebounds. As a hustle player, in a fairly deep team, his role is going to be rebounds, steals, and a few points here and there. It'll be something like 15 minutes, 4 points, 3 rebounds, and 0.8 assists and 0.9 steals a game. 2. Being a Warrior Najera gave a short interview the day after being traded to the Warriors. The link was reported in this forum shortly after the trade (sorry, I forgot who the first poster was). Although it's such a cliche answer, he said that "I am very excited to come to the Bay Area and I am ready to start working." 3. Position, Playing Time Since the Warriors are committed to Dunleavy's development and the frontcourt is crowded, Najera is going to have to accept limited playing time as a role player. Something major would have to happen to change this. Najera will likely fill in at PF, SF, and C in spurts. He's a tough player and works better defending the post and having contact with his opponent, so he'll likely be used to his strengths. 4. Media, Fan Base There's been no Mexican media hype yet. California has a huge Hispanic population, one which is the majority in the state, but just being on the Warriors is not enough to make people crazy. Most likely the Warriors will have to start winning too. If Najera continues to play hard and helps the Warriors win, maybe something could happen, but I don't think it'll become anything more than a small dedicated rooting section or something of that nature. 5. Future He's 28, so he's hitting his prime. Over the next two years we'll see him play his game and hopefully stay out the injured list. If he does that, he'll show that he is a good contributor. Otherwise, he'll end up as an overpriced role player sitting on the bench.
I think Najera will fill the void that the Custodian has left in our hearts. Well sort of. I enjoyed watching Brian Cardinal bomb those 3 pointers and hit them on que and also when he just takes all that brutal punishment on the floor by standing in front of that restricted circle. But then again Najera will be fun to watch because he's tough for his size, shoots 50-55% from the field, and tangles up bigger men with the ball. (I'm just trying to point out that Najera isn't like Cardinal because he can't really hit 3 pointers, his passing IMO isn't as good as Cardinal's, and he doesn't flop as much. Cardinal has that flop move where he takes the contact and just lunges backward)
