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Pending further developments, Baron Davis' departure is a devastating loss for Warriors
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They’ll talk about how the Warriors now have spending money to go shopping for a free agent, and how team president Robert Rowell and executive vice president of basketball operations Chris Mullin now have a real opportunity to remake this team.
Those people will throw around names like Josh Smith, Kirk Hinrich, Carlos Arroyo and Chris Duhon, claiming things are going to be all right. Some really bold people might even bring up the name of Gilbert Arenas.
Please. Maybe Warriors management will be able to pull a point guard out of the hat, and maybe that point guard will be good enough to keep them at or around the 48-win mark. But until that happens, it’s tough to believe it’s going to.
Unless Mullin can pull off the kind of move that got Davis here in the first place three-and-a-half years ago, it’s going to be a tough ride for Warriors
Kirk Hinrich
⇒It seems apparent the Warriors are in scramble mode here. How else can you explain them making an offer of $100 million to Arenas, a guard coming off two knee surgeries, but they were unwilling to extend Kevin Garnett for $80 million which would have brought him here from Minnesota last summer.
Sure, the Warriors will go shopping for a point guard right now. And sure they have money to spend now that Davis is gone. But if you think every team in the league doesn’t know the Warriors are in desperation mode right now, seeking a point guard, you’re crazy.
The Warriors aren't exactly in a position of strength here. They very well may get some kind of acceptable point guard replacement for Davis, but he will come at a steep price.
Carlos Arroyo
⇒One way to look at this whole thing is that Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy got over some on his former coach and now rival Don Nelson.
It’s no secret that Dunleavy was less than enamored about the way Nelson handled his son, Mike Jr., when Nelson took over the Warriors. For about half a season, Nelson stayed on top of Dunleavy in the media, with the most damaging comment being that he needed Dunleavy to be dominant and not a “blend” player.
Dunleavy, of course, would be traded to Indiana, where he had his best season as a professional.
⇒Here’s one of the bottom lines that hasn’t really been talked about. Baron Davis is a smart guy, and he knew darn well that the Warriors weren’t that stoked about making a long-term commitment to him. If the Warriors really wanted him, they would have gone longer than two years.
The Warriors wanted to have their cake and eat it, too, by having Davis around for the time being and yet not making the kind of long-term commitment that might tie their hands down the line.
Davis knew this and simply decided he’d go somewhere he was more wanted.
Topics: Warriors , Baron Davis , robert rowell
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