Your Golden State Warriors. - Some Hope for the Future!

Barnes - Good.

Festus - WHY?

Originally posted by RogerCraig:

Barnes - Good.

Festus - WHY?

Festus- Big body that can board and play defense. Will be good depth for you guys. Some thought he'd be a late first rounder. It's a good pick.

Did the Warriors even try to move from 30h spot? Or did they figure the talent spread was thin after they selected at 7?

Originally posted by RogerCraig:
Barnes - Good.

Festus - WHY?

He's exactly what we needed
A big body (7 feet 270 lbs) that can grab some boards and block shots. We needed another big man off the bench especially a shot blocker/rebounder that Festus has the potential to be. A lot of analysts like that pick for us

Marcus Thompson ‏@gswscribe
Myers on Ezeli: "We were sweating that one out. We had 2 maybe 3 scenarios where we were going to package our picks and get up and get him"

Our roster looks like this right now
PG: Stephen Curry/Charles Jenkins
SG: Klay Thompson/Brandon Rush
SF: Harrison Barnes/Richard Jefferson/Dorrel Wright/Draymond Green
PF: David Lee/Ezeli Festus/Jeremy Tyler
C: Andrew Bogut/ Ezeli Festus/Andres Beidrins

That's 13 players
Max is 12, right?

Wright will be traded for sure.

Not sure if Barnes will start from day 1 but I expect him to be starting mid season, kinda like how we eased Klay into the starting rotation

Originally posted by ImaMod:

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:
Disagree. Jenkins is a solid backup PG and far better than a practice squad player. Tyler is VERY young but has some serious skills.

Sounds to me like HailSatan has no clue what he's talking about

that doesn't surprise me, considering his name is hailsatan

Child please your like 10 years old...



...but I digress. Jenkins had flashes this season but c'mon you have him step in next season for significant periods and we're back in the lottery. Sure it's premature to make any certain assessments of Jenkins but I surely wouldn't invest on him as my back up PG considerings Curry's ankle history. Free agency should be good!

A small forward and a big man, the players were wrong, but the idea was right. I think Barnes definitely fits in nicely with what we have assembled. His offense should be doubly aided by Klay and Steph as shooters and by Lee and Bogut as passing big men. His mid range game should flourish off of spacing alone.

However, the quality most needed as always is Defense and if he can bring it on that end he could immediately be our best two-play player, save Bogut. Perhaps Richard Jefferson can play Player/Coach and mentor the kid to justify his absurb contract.

I'm concerned about his lack of ability as a ball handler, but I suppose that just deepens the need for Curry to step up as the Point Guard that the team hopes he becomes sans Monta. I still want to bring in Jason Kidd, but I'm sentimental that way.

Festus looks fit,

Green looks a little chubby, doesn't he?

barnes and thompson seems like a good core for years to come.

Originally posted by kronik:
Barnes Video: glimpse of Harrison as a player and as a person:

SLAM f**kING DUNK PICK

I'm still shocked that Barnes dropped to the 7th spot AND WE ACTUALLY DRAFTED HIM. How unwarriors like!

Why did we throw away our 52 nd pick?

Originally posted by RogerCraig:

Why did we throw away our 52 nd pick?

Nvrmind

Originally posted by TheGoldStandard:
A small forward and a big man, the players were wrong, but the idea was right. I think Barnes definitely fits in nicely with what we have assembled. His offense should be doubly aided by Klay and Steph as shooters and by Lee and Bogut as passing big men. His mid range game should flourish off of spacing alone.

However, the quality most needed as always is Defense and if he can bring it on that end he could immediately be our best two-play player, save Bogut. Perhaps Richard Jefferson can play Player/Coach and mentor the kid to justify his absurb contract.

I'm concerned about his lack of ability as a ball handler, but I suppose that just deepens the need for Curry to step up as the Point Guard that the team hopes he becomes sans Monta. I still want to bring in Jason Kidd, but I'm sentimental that way.

IMO, ball handling is something that you can continue to develop at the NBA level. I also think his lack of ball-handling abilities have been exaggerated. He's not great at it, but he's also not Devean George or anything.

Completely agree about the spacing that you guys have. Offensively, Curry/Klay/Barnes/Lee/Bogut is a superb unit, in that they have all 3 levels (post, mid-range, outside) covered nicely. The only thing that group lacks...and it's important...is someone who can get to the rack from the perimeter on a regular basis. Ideally you could turn Curry or Klay into someone that can do that.

Still so excited with how well the draft went for us. Aside from Barnes, Ezeli and Green were picks I was hoping for. When I look at our potential starting lineup of the future, I see a finesse team:

Curry, Klay, Barnes, Lee, Bogut

Our backup rotation is filled with tough, gritty players:

Jenkins, Rush, Green, Tyler, Ezeli

I'm excited to get the season rolling!!

Originally posted by SF69ers:
Still so excited with how well the draft went for us. Aside from Barnes, Ezeli and Green were picks I was hoping for. When I look at our potential starting lineup of the future, I see a finesse team:

Curry, Klay, Barnes, Lee, Bogut

Our backup rotation is filled with tough, gritty players:

Jenkins, Rush, Green, Tyler, Ezeli

I'm excited to get the season rolling!!

still don't see that we have a superstar. kinda why I was hoping for Drummond.

the thing about the NBA is, the gap between the top couple seeds in the West and the bottom few is tremendous. so while we may be able to make the playoffs now, it's not like were going anywhere. you need a legitimate superstar, any other solid players are just gravy.

if drummond turns into a Dwight Howard type player (ya i know long shot, yada yada) then you've got a legitimate superstar with pieces around him to compete with teams like the Thunder.

but without that, what are we? just a team that can beat most other teams in the West, but will never be able to topple the best ones in the playoffs.

essentially I feel like we should be aiming to beat teams like the Spurs and Thunder, which means take the biggest homerun swing you can. anything else is just fooling ourselves into the playoffs.