It's not the time to let go of Baron Davis' departure; it's the time to harp on it more

October 15, 5:04 PMGolden State Warriors ExaminerMatt Steinmetz

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B.D. put Warriors in a PG hole 

OK, so I watched the Warriors’ loss against the Bucks. Here’s what I thought:

I’m officially tired of all the people out there who want to stop talking about Baron Davis’ departure.

What else is there to talk about? If he just left, that would be one thing.

But he left three months ago, and the Warriors’ point guard situation is no more settled now than it was the day after he left.

In fact, it’s probably worse. At least back then the Warriors thought Monta Ellis could gobble up minutes at the one.

Now what?

I’m all for DeMarcus Nelson stealing the job.  But if he does, what does that say about the drop-off at that position since last season?

C.J. Watson is supposed to be hungrier than everyone, but he made two awful decisions using the clock, the second when he took it to the bucket with 20 seconds left in the game and the Warriors down two.

He had nowhere to go and wound up getting called for a charge. And where is Marcus Williams? He better get some minutes Friday or that's really a bad sign.

Ronny Turiaf: Can he maintain same rate at drawing charges? 

♦ ♦ Analyst Tim Legler brought up an interesting point about Corey Maggette, that I’ll try to look for this season.

Legler said that when Maggette gets to the foul line early in a game, it tends to get him into an offensive rhythm and it helps his outside shot late in a game.

I’ll make a note of it.

♦ ♦ ♦ Seeing a no-call when Ronny Turiaf hit the deck after trying to take a charge on Andrew Bogut, I couldn’t help but think: “He’s just not going to draw as many offensive fouls with the Warriors as he did with the Lakers, is he?”

♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Brandan Wright is far from hopeless. It just seems like he’s got too much going on right now.

He should concentrate on one thing and one thing only right now: Being an energy guy.

If he was behind rookie Anthony Randolph last week, he shouldn’t be any more.

Marcus Williams: If he doesn't play Friday, something's wrong 

♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Whose point guard situation would you rather have: Milwaukee’s or the Warriors’?

The Bucks come at you with the Luke Ridnour-Tyronn Lue-Ramon Sessions trio and the Warriors have the DeMarcus Nelson-C.J. Watson-Marcus Williams-Dan Dickau foursome.

I don’t want any of them to be my starter, but long-term I’m taking a shot at Sessions.

♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ If you haven't weighed in on how many games you think the Warriors will win this season, take the poll: LINK HERE