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- Posted on: Thu, 04/07/2011 - 7:54am #27771
jjonzParticipantWhy do they keep calling out Curry in the Media. First it was the Owner who said Curry could be traded & MEllis is the Franchise. He(The Owner) later apologize for talking about this to media. Now the GM is talking about him drawing more fouls, why not just appreciate the talent that you have and work with him in the Summer. How can this be good for either of their futures, to publicly air-out one of your franchise players negative qualities. Will he be availble in the Future? If i was apart of his personal team i would push management for a trade back out east somewhere. Is this overblown or a Legit Concern. I see two marginal succesful/lottery bound franchises airing-out their players Bucks=BJennings(He can’t finish @ the rim/can’t use his right hand these R things SSkiles has said about BJennings & Warriors=Curry.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 04/07/2011 - 8:29am #519052
i’m jus so offendedParticipantu lost me at the end there
0 - Posted on: Thu, 04/07/2011 - 9:34am #519067
burningfloodParticipantThe owner didn’t say that Monta was the franchise and that Curry could be traded, he said that anybody could be traded provided that it was for the right piece. If, for example, Miami went crazy and said hey, let’s trade LeBron for Curry, or Orlando decided Dwight wasn’t going to resign and offered Dwight for Curry, Lacob and by extension Riley wouldn’t say no to the deal.
As for the free throw comments, it’s because Curry shoots so well from the line. Basically all Riley was trying to say was that adding the ability to draw fouls would really benefit Curry’s game b/c he converts them at such a high rate. It’s like telling Dwight that he would be better if he could add more post moves; does it mean that management is out of sorts with the player? No.
Plus, 2 times is nothing. Such a small sample size there.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 04/07/2011 - 9:40am #519070
jjonzParticipantI was trying to say if you have a special player you don’t bring out negative news to the Media about them. If FSaunders came out & said JWall has the worst jumpshot in the L & his decision making leaves one to be desired, he would be looking for a new job. You have to publicly protect your investments
0 - Posted on: Thu, 04/07/2011 - 9:42am #519072
mbunner23ParticipantSome kind of math equation that I havent ever learned
0 - Posted on: Thu, 04/07/2011 - 9:51am #519075
jjonzParticipantNot too long ago, during a casual conversation a few weeks before he officially took over the Warriors, Joe Lacob lightly told me he planned to make his management style as transparent as possible.
“Ask me any question,” Lacob said back then, “and I’ll answer it. That’s only way I want to do this.”
I said that’d be great, and figured: Easy to say when you’re not yet the official owner. Then you get tangled up in agendas and long-term concerns and agent talk and all that.
Well, today, Lacob thoroughly kept to his word, answering as directly and specifically about many sensitive topics that most GMs–let alone owners–would never address so literally.
Part 1 of this interview was the general stuff. Here, in Part 2, Lacob zeroes in on the heart of the matter:
What’s he going to do about the Warriors’ small backcourt, about Carmelo Anthony, about Keith Smart, Andris Biedrins and what the new owner’s role was in the departure of trainer Tom Abdenour.
* Lacob praised Monta Ellis as the “core, franchise player” and said he’d like to see more out of Stephen Curry, then openly acknowledged he could trade either guy, if it’d make the team better.
* Lacob said he doesn’t understand some of the things coach Keith Smart does during games, but he thinks Smart is finding his way.
* He said the Warriors have held discussions with Denver to try to get involved in the Anthony situation, but that it looks like Anthony only wants to go elsewhere (the Knicks).
There’s more. Much, much more.
I don’t know if he’ll keep doing this, or if he’ll get admonished by the league or other executives (or players) for being so straightforward, but I’ll say, for now, it’s incredibly refreshing.
—JOE LACOB interview transcript, Part 2/
-Q: We’ve talked before about what you call the architecture of this team, and you said a while ago that you weren’t sure about the way it’s structured. Could you do something big that changes it up entirely—and I’m talking about the Curry-Ellis backcourt?
-LACOB: I love our backcourt. I think they’re the best offensive backcourt in the NBA. I think defensively, not the best. I really like those guys as individuals and I like them as players.
But I have to be honest, it depends—if we got offered a great situation, would I break it up? Yes.
-Q: Which guy would you be more willing to trade?
-LACOB: I don’t know the answer to that. I think… anyone can be traded.
-Q: Before I’ve assumed that Curry was someone you would never want to trade…
-LACOB: He has a great long-term future in this league. He’s a terrific young man and a terrific player. Really, really like him.
You know, he’s not playing at the level that I think he would be happy with right now. His minutes are down a little bit. A lot of that’s due to substitutions for defense and maybe his ankle injury, coming back from that, a combination. Could be a variety of issues.
Whereas you would look at Monta and you’d say he has exceeded expectations. The guy is clearly right now our core, franchise player. There’s no question. And…
Does that mean that Curry would be traded, or more likely to be traded than Ellis? Not necessarily. It really depends… this is all dependent on what you’re going to get in return.
0 - Posted on: Thu, 04/07/2011 - 10:48am #519084
nateoak10ParticipantThe owner said hes willing to trade anyone and Steph just happened to have been brought up. Our locker room is literally one of the happiest / best chemistry. Watch the unscripted tihng from NBAtv for a quick example. Out in the bay we hear a lot of things you dont
Bottom line, no one is untouchable
0 - Posted on: Thu, 04/07/2011 - 10:52am #519085
jjonzParticipantjust thought i’d ask how things are going with the Warriors. I hope they make the playoffs next year.
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