Category Archives: Golden State Warriors

Waiting for Bogot

Posted on August 6, 2012 by feltbot| 180 Comments

“Saved from what?”

– Estragon, Waiting for Godot

Well, we’ve certainly had some solid indications that Joe Lacob is finally finished tanking the Warriors, haven’t we? Continue reading →

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Tagged Andrew Bogut, Jarrett Jack, Mark Jackson

The Truth about Andrew Bogut

Posted on July 23, 2012 by feltbot| 260 Comments

“Training over. Good news on ankle: swelling is getting close to being all gone. Bad News: The less swelling the more achy.” — @AndrewMBogut

When I saw this tweet of Andrew Bogut’s last night, I knew that it was finally time to write this post. I’ve been contemplating writing it for some months. Ever since, in fact, Bogut gave that little interview near the end of last season to that Warriors shill, the interview that was supposed to be about how he’d just gotten out of his walking boot, and all was progressing well. But the interview didn’t go down that way. Before it ended, the naturally loquacious Bogut let slip that the temperature in his ankle was 10 degrees higher than normal. When I heard that, my eyebrows shot up. 10 degrees? Like, 108? I really wanted to hear more about this, but the shill quickly got the discussion back on course. This was, after all, not an actual interview. It was advertising, for the people that paid the shill’s wages, and meant to generate excitement and sell season tickets, not explore the truth.

Didn’t matter. Within a week, we all found out the truth about that 108 degree ankle: Bogut was scheduled for another surgery. Continue reading →

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Posted in Golden State Warriors, Player Analysis

Tagged Andrew Bogut, Joe Lacob

Notes on the Summer League

Posted on July 14, 2012 by feltbot| 184 Comments

OK, I watched most of the last two summer league games. And that will suffice for me. I have a limited appetite for wretched basketball, which is why I don’t watch college freshmen contend for NCAA titles. And my curiosity concerning the Warriors draftees has been sated.

Here are my notes on the players likely to make the Warriors roster: Continue reading →

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Posted in Golden State Warriors, Player Analysis

Tagged Charles Jenkins, Draymond Green, Festus Ezeli, Harrison Barnes, jeremy tyler, Klay Thompson

Bye Bye Dorell

Posted on July 11, 2012 by feltbot| 108 Comments

This wasn’t a trade, it was a pure salary dump. From what I’ve read, that euro meatball the Warriors traded Dorell Wright for is unlikely to ever set foot on NBA hardwood.

I see several reasons for the move: Continue reading →

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Tagged Dorell Wright

The Truth about Bob Myers, Warriors GM

Posted on May 29, 2012 by feltbot| 265 Comments

Marcus Thompson has just written a very nice profile of Bob Myers, who was recently announced as the new GM of the Golden State Warriors.

It is hard to take issue with such a positive piece about such a nice man. And Bob Myers is by all accounts a very nice man. But I do take issue with it.

Because Bob Myers is a lie.

Bob Myers is NOT the GM of the Golden State Warriors.

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Tagged Bob Myers, gm, Joe Lacob, Larry Riley, Warriors

Tank Thread Number Three

Posted on April 12, 2012 by feltbot| 297 Comments

Back in the Bay, and caught the Portland game last night, the first game I’ve watched in a couple of weeks. It was, for me, like sitting through a couple of hours of fingernails being scraped down a chalkboard. And I wasn’t even tuned to Bob Fitzgerald.

Since April Giants baseball was (correctly) pre-empting April Warriors basketball, I watched the national broadcast. There, I got to listen to Chris Mullin tell us what a good coach Mark Jackson is going to be. And got to listen in on the huddle to hear Mark Jackson tell the boys to please play defense.

The Joy of Tanking.

I’ll try not to discuss what actually happened in the game — we all know that’s not the point of April Warriors basketball — but here’s a couple of talking points:

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Tagged charles jenning, Jeremy Lin, jeremy tyler, Klay Thompson, lamar odom

Tank Thread Number Two

Posted on March 28, 2012 by feltbot| 283 Comments

Brandon Rush: We’ve been hearing a lot lately — from people on his payroll, like Larry Riley, Rick Barry and Andrew Bogut — that Joe Lacob has been spending money, and is willing to spend money, to win.

I say: Really? Continue reading →

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Tagged brandon rush, Joe Lacob, Klay Thompson, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, Monta Ellis

Tank Thread Number One

Posted on March 23, 2012 by feltbot| 79 Comments

I watched two thirds of the Warriors – Rockets game last night before turning the channel. There was a Milwaukee Bucks game on. Continue reading →

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Posted in Golden State Warriors, Recaps

Tagged David Lee, Ekpe Udoh, Goran Dragic, Hornets, Houston Rockets, Monta Ellis, Samuel Dalembert

Joe Lacob’s Big Deal: Monta Ellis and Ekpe Udoh for Andrew Bogut

Posted on March 18, 2012 by feltbot| 203 Comments

Golden State grabs 2-guard Klay Thompson (son of Mychal), a pick that has “We’re trading Monta Ellis” written all over it. — Bill Simmons, 2011 Draft Diary, 6-23-2011.

Let’s be real: Klay Thompson has no chance of becoming rookie of the year. Zero. None. Unless of course, Joe Lacob trades Monta Ellis. Does Lacob know something we don’t? — Feltbot, The Klay Thompson Problem, 12-21-2011.

One thing this trade is not is shocking. It’s something we all knew was coming from day one, when Joe Lacob told us that running teams can’t win in the playoffs, that the “architecture” of the team needed fixing, and that the culture needed changing. And that Stephen Curry and David Lee were the core of the Warriors, and Monta Ellis something else. Continue reading →