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Mikki Moore played 21 minutes in last night’s Golden State victory over Memphis, while Anthony Randolph played seven minutes. Moore is thirty-four years old and Randolph is twenty. Maybe I should unleash my complaints after the Warriors’ next loss, but can’t. What’s going on here? Don Nelson continues to yo-yo Randolph in and out of the line-up for no particular reason. Did Randolph kick Nelson’s dog?
Moore is a veteran castoff and a journeyman. He’s not part of the Warriors’ future plans. Randolph is a building block. Yet Nelson is bent on ruining the kid’s confidence and stunting his growth. We hear rumbles about Randolph’s lack of practice intensity and his propensity to make mistakes, which could be reasons behind his lack of consist minutes. After the Suns loss, Nelson said he wanted Randolph to be regular, to make the fundamental as opposed to the spectacular play.
At this point, Randolph has more trouble making the ordinary play than the unordinary. He’s not polished, but raw and probably should still be in college. But, the Warriors aren’t a playoff team, which means Randolph needs to play.
On Wednesday, Nelson said Randolph might be the team’s center at some point this year. Listed at 6-foot-11, he’s supposedly still growing. It’s plain to see Nelson doesn’t really know how to handle Randolph, where to play him or what to make of him.
When Andris Biedrins drew his third foul in the first quarter against Memphis, he turned to Moore instead of Randolph.
The Warriors are a mismatched team, youthful, but relying too heavily on veterans such as Stephen Jackson and Corey Maggette. We’ll probably be saying this all season, but the Warriors really need to turn the team over to their youth.
Maggette’s strange start to his season continued against Memphis. Apparently, he turned into a jump shooter over the summer. Maggette took 17 shots to score 20 points last night. And he only grabbed three rebounds.
As for Jackson, he took 16 shots to score 20 points and simply must go. Jackson is that employee who everybody knows won’t be around in a few months, but is at the moment, producing average work.
Anthony Morrow had a breakout game, going 10-for-12 for 24 points. Morrow played 33 minutes, which is a good sign because Nelson has tugged him in and out of the lineup in the past.
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