Post your opinions about the warriors draft here please.
In my opinion, the pick of Marco Belinelli was a solid one, but they should have drafted a big, such as jason smith.
I agree on Smith, I was pissed when I saw him still on the board, and they took Belinelli. Maybe this is setting up for another trade, I hope so. They really do not need him as they have so many wing players as it is. The give up Jason, which helped the logjam, but then they draft someone else. I don't see it making much sense, unless Belinelli, is someone that Nellies become enamored with. Hey, that's it, Nelli, Belinelli, it rhymes
And i cannot believe that the warriors brain trust passed on Josh McRoberts for Jermareo Davidson! JMR would have fit perfectly into their system.
They might have taken McRoberts, but I believe that Davidson was part of the Richardson deal. They had agreed to give that pick to Charlotte if I'm not mistaken and apparently Davidson was the player that the Hornets wanted.
As for the big trade, i think that Wright has the potential to be a 20/10 guy, and that Jason's trade moved more minutes for Monta and freed cap space, and freed the logjam at the 2. However, they gave up too much for him.
I think that Wright was their only choice if they were going to do something. Yi, Horoford and Noah (who I think they may have considered) plus probably some of the others they had rated high were all gone by the time they got to Charlotte's pick so if they were going to make a move, I think that was it. The biggest part of this trade was the money it freed up, they did not even have to take back any salary. If they do not bring in any more players, and don't sign anyone, they may have solved their cap problem for next season or come very close to it. Now we have to see if/who else they sign in order to know who good this deal really was.
I really do not know much about Stephane Lasme. Anyone wanna fill me in?
This is a guy I really like. He's probably the best player in terms of filling their needs. He's only 6'7 but he's a Milsap type player who bangs under the boards and is an excellent shot blocker. He's a little think but if he can bulk up a little more, he's the type of player who can play the Milsaps, give us some minutes on guys like Boozer. This was one of the best picks imo. I don't know too much about Wright but the impression I have is that it might take him a while to be able to step in as a starter and he looks pretty thin to give us what we need at the 4. Right now it looks like our starter at the 4 is still Big Al which means there is no improvement in that regard.
Alright, what do you guys think?
My overall assessment is that they did a great job with the cap, but I think the team is not really improved from what I can tell, at least not enough to make an appreciable difference. I am in hopes that more moves are to come, but I think this was a good start. This Warriors probably made what was the best move today.
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