I stayed up until 1:30 am watching it from Philly. Well played game all-around. I'm liking the feel of the team and the flow of the game. I'm starting to expect the Warriors to put teams away now instead of choking down the stretch. Side note: Anyone else think that this JRich injuiry may make him a better player in the longrun? If he can work on the fundamentals more now while his spring is not back, then imagine what he'll be able to do if and when he does get it back.
<div class="quote_poster">CohanHater Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Side note: Anyone else think that this JRich injuiry may make him a better player in the longrun? If he can work on the fundamentals more now while his spring is not back, then imagine what he'll be able to do if and when he does get it back.</div> I agree.
This is how I expected Baron to play. I think the announcers said it right last night, he is UNGUARDABLE. You can not say that about Jrich. Baron is our best player and our team's success depends mostly upon Baron's health and play/attitude. He is our only true All Star and thus our best player, not Jrich. Love him as I may, I know he is at best a Robin while Baron is batman. Davis came here and did not want to step on any toes, but I think Jrich was relieve to have someone here to help support him.
I totally agree with everything said on this page. J-Rich, although hobbled, is still putting up pretty good numbers for a guy who didn't touch a basketball for 2 months and is just getting in shape, learning a new system and recovering from knee surgery. I was really encouraged watching the team put away a very dangerous Kings team. Despite the trash talk from Barkely at halftime, I think the W's pulled off a quality win against a quality team. Like CohanHater said, I actually expect the W's to close out games... Nelson for Coach of the Year!
<div class="quote_poster">HiRez Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I hope so too but he's been playing a lot of 40+ minute games this year, I'm a little worried about that. Hopefully Nellie is just doing that until Murph and Ike get back, and until Monta improves and learns to not get in foul trouble.</div> If i remember correctly from the run tmc days, Nels had those 3 playing huge minutes as well. Also, he played Nowitzki 38-39 minutes/game.
<div class="quote_poster">Warriorfansnc93 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I watched the first half and then fell asleep, then caught the last few minutes with the Warriors up big. I am impressed with the quality teams we have beaten so far, but they have only been at home. I will reserve my enthusiasm until after we go on a big road trip. If we can play .500 on the road against good teams like Houston, Dallas and San Antonio etc, then I will say this team might be better than last year's. But for now, I am still remembering our 12-6 start, then Baron got injured and it all went to hell. We are only about 10 games into the season, so there is still time to fall apart...</div> Man, I hate falling asleep during games. I missed a Suns game because of that and the Warriors won a close game against them. I will catch the recording of this kings game tonight. BTW I hope we keep Jrich. His contract is reasonable for borderline all-star, he rebounds, he gets inside, and he's a finisher inside. His shot is streaky, but essentially he is our Michael Finley without much ballhandling ability or ability to create off the dribble and set guys up like a true shooting guard would. That is okay, I can live with Jrich at severely undersized SF.
<div class="quote_poster">Warriorfansnc93 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post"> If we can play .500 on the road against good teams like Houston, Dallas and San Antonio etc, then I will say this team might be better than last year's. </div> Dude, if we can do that we're going deep into the playoffs
<div class="quote_poster">custodianrules2 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">That is okay, I can live with Jrich at severely undersized SF.</div> What about Pietrus? He's been playing PF
All of the best about the Warriors was on display last night. Fast breaking, steals, blocked shots, ball movement, deep 3s. Baron is the leader, but the Warriors need everyone playing the same way and it showed. Pietrus had a huge game because he was cutting and finishing, not spotting up from 3. Dunleavy showed good confidence in hitting that huge 3 at the end to put the lead back to 10 and then another jumper. Biedris makes a huge difference in defending and rebounding. Monta is super quick and finishes well. JRich did okay but notwithstanding the injury, he's no longer going to be a borderline All-Star, he'll be a nice complimentary player and that's it. He's not a good defender and not a good ball handler. He's learning to use his jumping ability and rebounding better but that's it. He hits just enough 3s to make him think he can be a good 3 shooter and he's not. He's just a little better than Barkley or Rasheed shooting 3s. You want him shooting them. I'll be there tomorrow night, let's hope they keep it going.
<div class="quote_poster">philsmith75 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">JRich did okay but notwithstanding the injury, he's no longer going to be a borderline All-Star, he'll be a nice complimentary player and that's it. He's not a good defender and not a good ball handler. He's learning to use his jumping ability and rebounding better but that's it. He hits just enough 3s to make him think he can be a good 3 shooter and he's not. He's just a little better than Barkley or Rasheed shooting 3s. You want him shooting them.</div> J-Rich is a very good 3 point shooter and by far the best on the team except maybe Roberson. Among all elite scorers last season he shot a higher 3 pt % than all except Michael Redd (39% on 5.2 attempts per game),Ray Allen (41% on 8.4 attempts per game), and Dirk (41% on 3.3 attempts per game). He shot a higher 3 point percentage than Kobe, Arenas, Iverson, James, Pierce, Vince Carter, Wade, and Melo and attempted more per game than all of them except Kobe, who shot 6.2, just .1 more than JR's 6.1 3pt attempts per game and Arenas, who shot 6.8 per game. He hasn't been shooting well this year but hes still recovering from knee surgery so he hasn't been able to regain his lift and explosiveness. He should be the first guy we look to when we need a 3, not Baron, or Dun, or Murphy.
Wow, peoples feeling change so much after JRich got surgery. This was the ONE guy that I deemed untradeable, and I still do. The Warriors aren't the Warriors without JRich. No one last season would have wanted to trade JRich or say that he won't be an all-star someday. C'mon guys he's still recovering. If we want to win this season we're going to need JRich. Anyway, heres a sound clip of Biedrins being interviewed by Tim Roye in the latest weekly Warriors Roundtable: http://www.nba.com/media/warriors/Roundtab...rins_111506.MP3 His english has improved as dramatically as his game.
I'd wager Ellis and Roberson are better three-point shooters than JRich, but he's still really good. How about Pietrus out of the corner, though? He's probably 50% from the corner, and 25% everywhere else! When catches that drive & dish in the corner it's automatic.
Gee, it hasn't even been 10 games, and some people are already writing Richardson off? Especially when he missed training camp and playing with fluid in his knee? If it hasn't been Richardson, who's just gutting out, most players would have taken a time off. As far as I concern, Nelson is putting his trust on Richardson. Even if he is nowhere near 100%, he still plays at 4th quarter. It's just a matter of time before he recovers from his injury...
<div class="quote_poster">Kwan1031 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Gee, it hasn't even been 10 games, and some people are already writing Richardson off? Especially when he missed training camp and playing with fluid in his knee? If it hasn't been Richardson, who's just gutting out, most players would have taken a time off. As far as I concern, Nelson is putting his trust on Richardson. Even if he is nowhere near 100%, he still plays at 4th quarter. It's just a matter of time before he recovers from his injury...</div> Exactly what I've been trying to say. It's ridiculous what some people have been saying. Without JRich we ain't going no where.
I can understand why some people are down on Jrich. He is not the typical nba shooting guard, but then again who else on our team is a 20point per game scorer with three assists a game, plus steals, rebounds, and marketability? It sure ain't boy wonder or the Murph man. Baron is a really key component of this franchise, but the first guy he looked to to help him out was Jrich. Unfortunately, we needed another guy besides Jrich to build on chemistry. We needed a reliable target underneath the hoop, and guys who can play some defense. Guys like Ellis, Pietrus, Biedrins add a little more to the defensive end than Murphy, Dunleavy, Richardson at SG. It's a quickness factor in my mind that no team defense can make up for. Two slow guys can't stop the quicker guy unless they don't play as tightly. But playing off, means the shooter has more room to get a clean shot off and guys like Murphy, Jrich, Dunleavy don't have very good recovery time on the pump fakes or pull up jumpers and whatnot. With Ellis, Pietrus, Biedrins, we've got more lateral movement to play the angles more tightly, excellent recovery on ball defense, and play better team defense if needed. I mean we still aren't that good defensively because now we are small, but at least we don't get blown away on the perimeter and we can force the steal before it gets inside the paint for the 50%+ fieldgoal and the touch foul.
