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Originally Posted by Hell Atlantic
you're wrong. if the Warriors wanted Baron's replacement, knowing full well Baron could possibly not return, OJ Mayo would be on the Warriors right now instead of in Memphis. if the Warriors are at the point where they need to start thinking of life without Baron, they go for Mayo and not pick Billups (who's old) and not pick whatever crap PG is available for them to pick from at the draft. you would need to give me a names of the PGs who were selected after the Warriors picked, then i would tell you none of those guys would be able to give what Baron gave. also, if they want Billups they can aquire him anytime they want, they have picks next year too. Warriors picked a project cuz they felt that was the only good thing available at the spot they picked in. Baron didn't play a factor in that.
you make it sound like Dwayne Wade just told Riley he wants to be traded immediately, and the Heat took Beasley instead of OJ Mayo when they had the chance to replace Wade or swap picks with the Bulls for Rose. *that's* fucking over a team. excerising your player option in a draft where the Warriors weren't in a position to get your replacement regardless is not fucking over the team. its not like his player option was a surprise.
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Uh....Mayo isn't a PG dude.
And the PG's after their pick are bad, I'm not saying they should've picked someone else, I"m saying they could've/should've dealt the pick for help or traded up.
I think you're over-stating my case here. I'm not saying he fucked over the Warriors. The Dubs are still plenty ok. The have the cash now to easily sign Monta, Azubuike and Biedrins and have StackJack and Harrington to go with them. Bellinelli, Wright and even Randolph are a solid future. They should be able to sign/trade-for some help to still make them viable for the #7/8 seed this year.
I never said he fucked over the Warriors.
I said what he did was low-class. And it was. Baron did a lot for the W's, but the W's did a lot for Baron as well. This is a guy whose stock had fallen so far in New Orleans after poor production and coach-killing that we got him for friggin' Bimbo Coles. Even with all that they handed him the keys, kicked out Monty (wisely) and let him run the show. He played great, no doubt, but the W's gave him a chance a lot of teams wouldn't have.
I don't like to say he "owed" them anything, because no one when that kind of money is involves "owes" anyone anything, but I think he could've handled the situation a LOT better in many respects. To show how out-of-the-blue this was, he and Nelson were supposed to golf this week. Nellie had no idea this was going down, that's how much Baron pulled the bait-and-switch.
His right to do so, yes.
The right way to do it, no.
Low class.