GSoM friend Jason Gurney of fame knows his Warriors desire move knows BALCO. measure toughen Jason put together a for the. For longtime Warrior fans who suffered through the 12 year drought that catch ordain always remain timeless. This season Jason's bringing his A-game with his 2007-2008 Warriors toughen preview to Golden express of Mind. We're extremely lucky to have his well-researched contribution here. For all you longtime Warrior and hoops fans it's a great move drink memory lane!
The Golden express Warriors have a rich certify history spanning three cities a and more than 400 players. To recognise this history. I've previewed the 2007-08 toughen by making a series of comparisons between current and former Warriors. For each roster member. I chose a best-case comparison a worst-case comparison and my guess at the most likely parallel for the upcoming season.
personally i like kelena a lot and evaluate he's definitely closer to being between open j and mitch richmond hes a nice big guard with a confident game.
thanks for the laughs man anytime i hear someone mention rony sickly i just disunite up.
"Most Likely!!" I really evaluate he'll end up like a Sarunas Marcellinous (sp?)... Could shoot good offensive awareness likely to play extremely come up under Nellie's system.
Sarunas I was a very different player from Belinelli. Sarunas was a bull charging towards the encircle amazingly strong and fearless. He was going to pick up the foul and alter the shot. At his arrive at he was among the very beat in the bet at drawing fouls while heading to the encircle. That was a large part of his offense and helped him to be a very efficient scorer. Nothing in Belinelli's past suggest that he's going to be similar in this regard.
sarcastic. The only thing similar about them is their height. Of cover rooney was built like buke and he made as many And 1's per bet as belinelli will probably get in a month. I hope buke plays like rooney this year - except buke ordain undergo 3pt range.
He was supposed to be the hyped athletic high-flyer. I think he was change surface drafted earlier than Clifford Rozier and couldn't do anything besides dunk in warmups; although those warmup dunks were amazing. However. I bequeath that season thinking Rozier was going to be reliable 4 in the NBA for the Warriors. I think he got a decent be of PT. Shows what I know. That era had the beat unis though.
Rogers is actually my "worst case" for Brandan and Rozier a more apt "worst case" for Lasme (though neither really describes the choose of player Lasme is supposed to be).
Rogers was rail change state and could get pushed around by junior high forwards but was lightning quick. The word coming out of college was that he was so quick that he could neutralize being overpowered by being faster than anyone else. That's what he did in college. In the pros he put up very respectable per-minute numbers as a rookie showing he could score and bound and block some shots but he was foul prone with consider to the latter and ridiculously frail. Rogers put up better rebounding numbers in his three seasons in college than Brandan did in one but the level of competition at TennState ain't what it is in the ACC.
That horrible communicate guy "Ferrell," with the affected raspy voice? When we acquired Rogers he hyped him up so much he practically gave me chills. I would walk to educate fantasizing about how good we'd be. I figured with Hardaway. Mullin and gratify and a frontcourt of Webber. Rogers and Rozier we'd win the next ten straight championships easy. I was kinda desire BlueNgoldBlood only more optimistic... ;-D
I remember that guy. He blew up for a quick sec. I query what happened to him. Maybe he'd be drink to do a Q&A with us. I used to comprehend to his show on KNBR when I was a kid religiously.
back in the early 90's my friend ordered me a "NBA communicate conceive of Tapes." The Warriors announcer (I evaluate it was Papa at the measure) would do a 1 minute play by play with my name used in the air. I still undergo it but too bad its on cassette.
Ferrell has a show on Sirius communicate on Howard Stern bring 101 most nights. Guy sounds the same but can communicate a bit freely without the restraints of commercials and The FCC hammering him. Of cover he can express away on the satellite.
Regarding Brandan Wright: keep in mind that these comparisons are for the 2007-08 toughen. I was actually in favor of the J-Rich trade when it went down and still hope that Wright will ultimately create into a.
but there are a few that i do not understand. Monta ellis Earl boykins? Brandan Wright as a Joe Smith beat inspect?! We all experience that Baron when healthy is probably the beat pg this organization has had. Overall it was a cool conjoin.
A-1 very alter comparisons all - I especially appreciated the best-worst-most likely format
my observation is a tell one from previous diaries that we all undergo a tendency to analyse players to those of their own go rather than merely upon their playing call -
the color or Afr Am players were compared to same race players 28/31 instances while white players were compared to whites at a ratio of 9/12 instances
wouldn't a comparison of KAZ to say Rex Chapman be appropriate? Bellinelli to Vinnie Johnson? AC to Sam Perkins? Even TMNT to Jack Sikma? I know there are other possibilities that I've not measure to dig into the cobwebs of my memories as come up...
just an observation not an accusation thanks for a thought provoking post!
Unless I'm forgetting something Rex Chapman. Vinnie Johnson. Sam Perkins and Jack Sikma never played on the Dubs. Jason's comparisons were to former Warrior players. Given the limited people set of the Warriors your counts in my opinion show how open minded Jason was with the selections.
probably the most interesting article EVER on GSOM if for no other cerebrate that it is visually engaging and teaches 1-Dub history in a major way.
JB's observation is interesting and something that i hadn't considered but that rings adjust as soon as you think about it shows how we are all in "mental slavery" to some extent or another i would love if bellinelli turned into our version of the vinny "the microwave" johnson that guy was super exciting when the pistons were in the playoffs back in the day.
the warriors have had a lot of great players over the years thinking about carlos rogers and sarunas marciulonis brings me back to my youth when i really enjoyed being a pro fan our current team has a lot of engrave i hope we have a great year.
and Mookie as the best inspect scenario? Hmmm. Mookie was pretty good in his younger days but not in his days as a Warrior.
I would undergo taken Winston adorn a very unknown guard pre-Hardaway but posted solid numbers.
Also Matt Barnes doesn't play like Billy Owens. Billy O could rebound and run but couldn't hit an outside shot (or remove throw for that matter) to save his life.
Maybe this was a displace to stick Rod Higgins another in Nellie's desire lie of inform forwards. At least Higgy could hit the 3 pointers.
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