What are some of your predictions for 2nd half of season?

What are some of your predictions for 2nd half of season?

Will it be like last year where things get better after all star break or will they continue to be mediocre or as bad as the Hawks and the Hornets?

 

Mediocre all the way.

 

Depends on if anything happens before the trading deadline. I see them playing a lot better after this long break. People get a chance to rest up and there'll actually be some practice time. Plus, the team has been playing better within the system. I'm not sure if this will translate to a much better win-loss record, but it should be a major building block for the near future.

 

I think Monty's going to use the rest of the season to experiment with different lineups when Murphy gets back and we'll see Biedrens late late in the season. They probably won't play Biedrens at all until the locked up players get confident they can win as a team. The worst possible thing is that Jrich wants out because the team isn't making strides. We have to make strides and set some team goals. Even the nicest guy could want out if they feel their organization is incompetent and leading the team in the wrong direction. We'll see if the Warriors make some smart decisions down the road. It's all on the GM now to keep our only star player happy and at the same time surround him with talent. There has to be a time where we can stop focussing on developing more players in the game and actually put them on the floor knowing what to expect. Pietrus obviously isn't one of those guys because he's too maverick and raw. That leaves us with only a couple of reliable players that have to be used in a certain way in order to be effective. Apparently we are not as deep as Mullin thought because of the reliability issues we have with our aging vets and our raw rookies or limited talent backups

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting CohanHater:</div><div class="quote_post">Depends on if anything happens before the trading deadline. I see them playing a lot better after this long break. People get a chance to rest up and there'll actually be some practice time. Plus, the team has been playing better within the system. I'm not sure if this will translate to a much better win-loss record, but it should be a major building block for the near future.</div>
^ deja vu


I predict .....Biedrens to show us a glimpse of what he can do with 2 more years on the bench and lfiting weights. I predict.......Speedy claxton getting injured AGAIN(i still love you speedy)......I predict J rich to continue his scoring effeciency and coupled with murphy we win about 6 more games total.



I just really want to see biedrens play thats the only thing im really lookign forward to this season,

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting CohanHater:</div><div class="quote_post">Depends on if anything happens before the trading deadline. I see them playing a lot better after this long break. People get a chance to rest up and there'll actually be some practice time. Plus, the team has been playing better within the system. I'm not sure if this will translate to a much better win-loss record, but it should be a major building block for the near future.</div> We could be a player away from nailing it. A megatrade with New Orleans is definitely a pipe dream when you mention the name Baron Davis (heck the clips could offer Shaun Livingston and others), but I would love to see something happen come draft time or before the deadline. I think if we hold Bogut or Paul, that's a very valuable commodity to have on draft day to land us franchise or allstar type player. A guy like Magloire would help us immensely, but I'd rather give up a top pick for somebody better. I mean Magloire was an allstar in the East, but in the West? I dunno... If we ever got our hands on Paul, he's probably the point guard to replace Speedy in terms of durability and the all around game.

Sorry the topic was about predictions for 2nd half of the season and here I am talking about the draft... arggg

 

Unfortunately, we're closer to the draft than I'd like to think. We've played 53 games already, with 29 remaining. That's nearly 2/3 of the way through the season.

Immediately, the team is on hold until the trading deadline so they know exactly who is going to finish out the year and who isn't. After that, they need to build some chemistry between the guys that are left. Once people begin to figure out their roles they can figure out what they need to work on for the rest of this year and in the offseason. At that point we should also be able to get a good idea of what kind of players the front office will be pursuing in the draft and/or through trades.

Oddly enough, I would like to see as much of this years' team back as possible. I really don't think talent is the Warriors' problem. These guys can really play when they are comfortable, but they sure can stink it up when they are not. It seems like we have most of the key pieces and the coaching staff just needs to sand their edges and find the best way to put them together.

 

This is an interesting question. As someone mentioned we have played over half of the season so far so to predict 15 more wins would mean they would have to play 1 game over .500 ball which is somewhat realistic based on what they did last year. But last year is exactly that;LAST year. Based on what I have seen THIS year I think they should be happy to win 10 more games. That is what I am going to predict. 10 games. We will end the season with the 4th worst record in the league behind NO, ATL, and Charlotte. Utah if anything will play close to .500 ball to end the season...

 

15 and 38 record before allstar break. This definitely looks like a 30 win season or less and that's not suprising... We probably aren't bad enough to beat out Atlanta, Charlotte, and the Hornets for that covetted lottery top 3 pick. (Not that we'll get the number 1 overall pick without spending it on another Joe Smith or a safe pick.) That and the blasted ping pong ball machine they use on draft lotteries must be Warriors proof or something because we never get the no-brainer draft picks. But then guys like Twardzik/PJ never had brains to begin with when it came to drafts

I really don't mind us being that bad anymore because it's certainly amusing to talk about and there's no suspense anymore about "barely making the playoffs". I like the new coach, but what gets me is we have no real flexibility again with player salaries. Then Mullin tops it off by responding to questions asked about his offseason moves and the current record (and the team now being over the cap), "It is what it is", Mullin replies. Boy does that ever sound "Clinton-esque".
IT is what IT is. Think about that, folks.

That's such a great line. No really it is. I mean if I have no disillusion about reading the wallstreet and purposely taking a dump on my neighbor's lawn in broad daylight... and I do it... and he wants an explanation but I can't blame it on the guy's dog because he was looking through his kitchen window watching me do it at the time.
"It is what it is".

If there's a situation where my best friend catches me in bed with his girlfriend...
"Oh sh--, it's Randy, It's not what you think... but... it is what it is."

Great line.

 

I see Flores and Briedrins getting more playing time as the season winds down. It might be similiar towards the end of Gilbert Arenas' first year in the league; we all know Speedy is bound to hurt himself again and hopefully Flores can pull an Arenas and show us some aggressiveness that hes been lacking when he gets on the floor. Flores can play, no doubt about it. If he can show anything worthwhile, the Warriors might be less inclined to keep Speedy or trade either of them for draft picks.

But other than that... Warriors are going to be mediocre at best the rest of the way. But at least Dunleavy has 30 more games to show all the haters hes more than the uninterested sloth he appears to be.

 

D Money I see what you mean, I've betting waiting a long time for Flores to log heavy minutes, but Monty refueses to play him. It's kind of ironic that Flores is older than Pietrus but he gets less time, even though Flores going into this year had a better career ppg, ft percentage, and threes than anyone on the team, then agains this was all college ball.

BTW welcome to JBB d money, this is a great place and I hope to see you post here a lot. Feel free to PM if you need anything. Also feel to post info on yourself in the Warriors Fans Roll Call. Always good to see more Warriors fans

 

I think the warriors in the second half will win 21 of 29 games.
I am trying to see if optimsim works. I heard if you are optismistic you will live longer. So I figure if I be optimisitc the warriors will do better.

 

If by definition of "optimism" you mean also mean the draft + Cohan giving the team to someone more competent, then I'm with you Face it, only overpaid scrubs or overrated character players are coming here through free agency and if we do trades we are getting taken advantage of big time. We missed our chance to get Nash (who I was hoping Mullin could use his Bill Duffy connections to land his client over here) or try to go for young centers like Joel Pryzbilla or Chris Mihm, or point guards like Damon Jones. Now they're doing well for their respective teams... Maybe I'll live longer too if I don't follow the Warriors until they actually get good But hey I'm glad they have Murph and Jrich locked up. It's definitely overpaying, but at least things aren't falling apart like they would have if we had more volatile talents.

 

^I really want Mihm back. He's a monster. We should go after him. Offer Fisher and Najera for Mihm and Devan George. Next year:

PG: Speedy Claxton (or pick)/ Luis Flores
SG: Jason Richardson/ Mickael Pietrus/ 2nd Rounder
SF: Mike Dunleavy/ Mickael Pietrus/ Zarko Cabarkapa
PF: Troy Murphy/ Andris Biedrins/ Zarko Cabarkapa
C: Chris Mihm/ Adonal Foyle/ Andrisa Biedrins

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting J-Rich23:</div><div class="quote_post">^I really want Mihm back. He's a monster. We should go after him. Offer Fisher and Najera for Mihm and Devan George. Next year:

PG: Speedy Claxton (or pick)/ Luis Flores
SG: Jason Richardson/ Mickael Pietrus/ 2nd Rounder
SF: Mike Dunleavy/ Mickael Pietrus/ Zarko Cabarkapa
PF: Troy Murphy/ Andris Biedrins/ Zarko Cabarkapa
C: Chris Mihm/ Adonal Foyle/ Andrisa Biedrins</div> ??? I don't think we've ever had Mihm. He was a Chicago player traded to the Cavs for Jamaal Crawford. I wouldn't say Mihm is a monster, but he's offensively talented, can block shots, and he's a pretty good athlete for a 7 footer. It would definitely be a step up over Foyle's pathetic dunk and layup attempts. I still can't believe how many times Foyle has blown a dunk or a layup. It's embarassing....

Devean George?? Hmmmm. That's strange coming out of you. If you like streak shooters (career .392) and guys that can't create their own shot or take advantage of their athleticism, I guess he's okay. I can just see you hating on like another ex-laker that we have that shoots in the high 30's, sub 40's.

 

We traded 7th pick (Mihm) and Starks for Hughes...

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Kwan1031:</div><div class="quote_post">We traded 7th pick (Mihm) and Starks for Hughes...</div>
Oh was that what that was? But who would we have picked at the 7th spot if we weren't picking for somebody else? BTW, I'm glad Hughes ended up working for us

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting custodianrules2:</div><div class="quote_post">Oh was that what that was? But who would we have picked at the 7th spot if we weren't picking for somebody else? BTW, I'm glad Hughes ended up working for us </div> Yeah. He's one of those gifts that just keeps on giving.

 

Well, 2000 draft is one of the worst one. We have K. Mart at 1st... Then, Crawford at 8 was just decent. Then, it goes down, down, down, until 17th (D. Mason), 18th (Q. Richardson), 19th (Magloire), 20th (Speedy), and one all star at 43th (Redd). But then, I am sure Cardinal at 44th will make up this very week draft ...

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Kwan1031:</div><div class="quote_post">Well, 2000 draft is one of the worst one. We have K. Mart at 1st... Then, Crawford at 8 was just decent. Then, it goes down, down, down, until 17th (D. Mason), 18th (Q. Richardson), 19th (Magloire), 20th (Speedy), and one all star at 43th (Redd). But then, I am sure Cardinal at 44th will make up this very week draft ...</div>
I know, how could any team pass up a franchise player like Brian Cardinal