<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Davis leaves the hideous Hornets and the dark moods he had while playing there. He was injured and dissatisfied, desperate to leave a dead-end team, and willing to make a stand somewhere else, even in Oakland. He is a West Coast guy, and the bayou's charms (humidity, gambling, great food and Byron Scott) just weren't working for him. And the Warriors -- well, what do they have to lose? Dale Davis was a temp worker here anyway, and Claxton is an earnest but limited point guard. Under normal circumstances, the price was downright cheap. That is, if Baron Davis gets healthy. His back, knees and heel are real barkers, and his contract is uninsured, so if he can't get physically right, the Warriors are even more doomed than they already are. But Mullin's Plan A wasn't working, the team had taken a dramatic turn to the rear from last year, when the players hated their coach, and all the optimism from last offseason had eroded into same-old, same-old mode. Mullin had to do something, and since Richardson, Troy Murphy, Mike Dunleavy and Derek Fisher's contracts have been deemed untouchable, the Davis deal dropped from the sky, a seeming gift from a normally vengeful basketball god. A healthy Baron Davis gives the Warriors a settled backcourt (although one suspects he and Richardson will have some in-house squabbles over touches now and then), and while they are still not a good defensive or rebounding team, they would be more capable of doing what they do well, which is go up and down the floor. The Warriors aren't a fundamentally inspirational team, but they can throw up shots and get up and down the floor, and try to outscore teams through sheer volume -- sort of a Costco version of the Phoenix Suns. </div> Source
