RollWithEm

What do you think so far of Mark Jackson as a head coach?

What do you think the Warriors longterm plan is at this time: given the playoff guarantee they fell short of this season?

How would you instill a winning culture?

What would you do with the 7th, 30th, and 35th picks?

What trades would you make?

How would you approach free agency?

http://hoopshype.com/salaries/golden_state.htm

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Pacers Fan

It's too bad that the Warriors have so much money invested in Jefferson/Biedrins. That'll make swinging a deal for a better swingman a little more difficult, but even still, #7 should be attractive enough to someone. I could see them trying to swing deals for Luol Deng, Wilson Chandler, Josh Smith, Joe Johnson, Kevin Martin, and Nicolas Batum. If Mark Jackson is really an adequate coach and Bogut/Curry stay healthy, this should easily be a playoff team next year.

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Bogg

Yea, those Jefferson/Biedrins contracts are killers. Just absolutely plugging up the cap and the number 7 pick is just far down the board enough that I can't see a team trading a legitimate player to take a swing on that Lamb/Waiters/Lillard/Sullinger group. I suppose the ideal situation is Atlanta really wanting to get Horford out of the center spot and moving Joe Johnson(still a top 5 shooting guard) and Joe Johnson's contract to draft Sullinger/save $50 million. Then again, any "ideal situation" that involves taking on Joe Johnson's contract isn't ideal in any sense of the word.

Basel

Mark Jackson is doing a fine job as coach, in my opinion, given that it was his first year and dealing with the injuries he dealt with (mostly to Steph Curry). I don't mind that he guaranteed a playoff spot. He's trying to bring a winning attitude back to the Warriors. If Bogut/Curry are healthy next season and with Thompson improving, they can make some noise in the Western Conference. No reason to think they can't be better than this year's Jazz team that got the 8 seed.

I can't believe RJ/Biedrins have a combined $20 million coming to them.

I know they want veterans on the team, but I don't know how many veterans want to come play for the Warriors. I think if they can get a solid 3, though, they might be okay. Their starting lineup would be Curry/Thompson/???/Lee/Bogut. I can't see RJ or Wright being effective at the 3 and I don't think Brandon Rush is a starter in this league.

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Porn Player

David Lee, Andrew Bogut, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson is one hell of a core.

I think this team should be looking at Kendall Marshall or Damian Lillard in the draft. Curry is oft injured, and his style of play is better suited to the 2 guard, even if he isn't the perfect size for it. Klay Thompson is a big SF anyway.

My kind of team would be:

Marshall
Curry
Thompson
Lee
Bogut

They compliment each other well and would score all over the court, especially with Kendall 'marshalling' the team.

If you can find a taker for RJ or AB you snap it up. It's unlikely you, so you just incorporate them into the DC and ride them out.

Depth is a big issue, especially with Curry and his penchant for injuries.

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Basel

By the way, if Bogut does come back fully healthy, that's going to improve their defense ten-fold (their biggest weakness over the years).

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Pacers Fan

The main problem with that lineup is that besides Bogut, that would be the worst starting lineup defensively, ever. Golden State needs a swingman who can actually play some D.

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Porn Player

If you score more points than the opposition you win.

Unless MKG falls, they won't be able to secure any defensive difference maker, thus they should facilitate their strength.

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Ben

If they could trade up to take MKG, I'd do it. Not sure what kind of package they'd put together though.

I'm not sure how well Bogut fits in with that team, but a healthy Bogut is a great starting point to actually putting together a winning team. It's just a shame that their two biggest pieces at the moment are both injury prone.

Luke

If they could stay healthy they would be in a fine position to sneak into the playoffs next season, but that probably won't happen.

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Basel

What if the Warriors went after a guy like Kirk Hinrich who can shoot the ball, which they like, and can also add a bit of defense to their roster?

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RollWithEm

Hinrich would be a nice addition. I also think a veteran guy with a defensive nasty streak like Reggie Evans or Kenyon Martin or Kurt Thomas or Marcus Camby would go perfectly on this team.

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RollWithEm

The only thing I can see is the Warriors selling the Bobcats on Biedrins still being a viable big man and on getting Tyrus Thomas off their roster for them.

Biedrins/#7/#30

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Thomas/#2

Only the Bobcats would be dumb enough to do this, though.

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RollWithEm

Oakland native Damian Lillard says he is a big Warriors fan:

http://www.mercurynews.com/warriors/...ate?source=rss

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RollWithEm

Are the Warriors going to pick up another first for nothing?

http://bayarea.sbnation.com/golden-s...e-heat-thunder

Could they package a late first or two to move up? Or would the Bulls take 3 picks for Luol Deng?

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