editor's note: I forgot to include brandon wright is also in this deal. I was typing this last night, saved it right before wright, then went to bed and in the morning, I guess I forgot to add him back. I was reading a fan post earlier about how big men win championships, not point guards and I could not agree more. If your point guard can get 5 assists a game, 2 turnovers, and have a special talent(like fishers FT, williams 3pt, rondos defense) then you can go pretty far if you have a big man. Now I think there is a point guard on the clippers named shaun livingston and he would be ideal. He can give you 5-7 assists with 2 turnovers, and is great at driving to the basket. But what the Warriors truely need is a real big man. That's why I think the warriors should go after greg oden. The way Biedres plays is not a style to win championships. The warriors are treating him like he will be number 2 (behind monta of coarse) and will be with us for a long time. I just don't see what he brings to the table that is so impressive. He fouls way too much, can't create his own offense, never posts up or plays physical basketball, gets scored on by almost everyone, trys to draw charges from point guards, attempts to block shots with 1 hand while moving out of the way. This is similar to the way pau gasol plays except he can post up and score and unlike beans, can make a shot outside the restricted zone. My point is, even if Beans becomes a guy who can create his own offense like a Pau Gasol type player, he will never evoluve into the type of big men that win championships. Banger centers like Shaq (soon dwight howard) and redilously skilled both defensively and offensive players like duncon and kg. Now onto the main purpose of this post, Greg Oden our answer. I don't care if he hurt his knee or not, he is the answer. He is Hekeem Olajuwon 2.0. A guy who has the size of bangers like shaq, but the skills of duncon and garnett. We'll have to give up some quality players, but I think he and Monta are the guys to build a franchise around. Here is the proposed trade: Porland Trades: Greg Oden Raef LaFrentz(to even out cap, hes an expiring contract) Golden State Trades: Anthony Randolph Sign and Trade Andris Biedres Marco Belinelli 2009 Lottery Protected 1st round draft pick 2011 Lottery Protected 1st round draft pick I know it's a lot to give up and Portland still may not except, but it's a good offer. Beans although is not a championship center, is a guy who can do a lot for you on the glass(I never said the guy can't rebound) and can score if you set him up. Travis Outlaw is running out of time, even though he is young. He has been given many chances to shine. Randolph has a major upside, and although Portland has a couple canidates at SF, nobody has risen up to the task yet and Randolph could alway rise up and take it. With the loss of James Jones, Portland has few 3 point shooters. Marco could be the James Jones for them this year. The draft picks are lottery protected incase we don't make the playoffs. Greg Oden has supposively been working out over 3 hours a day and is in great shape. We need to make a move for him.

I thought yesterdays draft was a very successful draft to say the least. Anthony Randolph looks to be a real offensive force, and is has high defensive potential. He's just an all around great player. Richard Hendrix also looks good, but you never know how a second rounder could turn out. Although Hendrix is a pretty solid low-post guy in terms of creating offense, get rebounds, and playing goood defense. But that is at the college level, and we are in trouble if we want this guy to be our guy down low. Even though Beans is pretty good, I think we need to bring in another guy, along with Beans. So taking a big bold move for a guy in his mid 20s who can be a real force when healthy, here is the trade:

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Although Monta Ellis is likely to be a future all-star, the question of whether he is a point guard or shooting guard is floating around. He is a good creator for himself, but not other, and it appears he may never be a true point guard. Most of his assist last year were from dribble penetration which lead to kick outs for 3s. So if Monta is a 2, then he becomes quite a high maintainence player, becase he can't guard shooting guards due to his size. A player like Baron Davis is a guy who has the size to guard SG. But Baron will be gone in the next 1-3 years and we will need a new big point guard to guard SGs. Some people think a trade for Derek Rose is the answer. I'm not saying that it is not. But how about this: We keep Baron for atleast 1 more year, and for our point guard for the future, we trade the 14th overall pick and Marco Bellineli for Javaris Crittenton. At 6-5, 200 pounds, he is the ideal point guard for the warriors. He has a very soild jump shot and is an average 3 point shooter. He has an amazing first step and is very explosive. He is known to be a good passer and a smart decision maker. In college he did not have a very good assist to turnover ratio, but he has improved in the nba. From the Grizzly's standpoint, they nt only get there wish of 3 first rounders, but they get a guy who can start, and allows them to trade miller with little to lose. The salaries of the two are practically the same, and the grizzly's have kyle lowery and mike conley at point guard anyways.Now we have Baron to show Javars how to run the show and in a few years, we will have an amazing back court.

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         Over the last few days,I have thought of a couple different ways the waariors could go from here. One way to go is go after JR Smith. This guy is one of the most underrated players in the nba. For a guy who only played 20 minutes a game, he would come off the bench and score 12 points a game and shoot 40% for 3-point range. He is an averag defender, but an explosive dunker and a lights out shooter. And he is only 22. HE is a restricted FA. If we get him, then Baron is most likely gone. So now we would have Monta at point and Smith a SG, two guys that are 22 and about to hit their prime.

           Another possiblity would be sort of a situation that we would not want to happen, but might so we need to address it. If Baron opts out and wants a bigger and longer contract, we have to say no. He deserves 15mil for 1-2 years at most. So if he were to leave the Dubz, and we are unable to get a guy like JR smith, we have to do something. So we shouldlook north of the border. The Toranto Rapters. We should offer the a 2009 lottery protected pick for T.J. Ford. We would have by far, the fastest backcourt in the nba,and although we would rather have baron, it is certainly better than nothing

          The last possiblity is a move on draft day. If the Chiago bulls pass up on Derrik Rose, and the Miami Heat draft him, we can do something. We should re-sign baron and trade him to the heat for Rose and someone to eat up some caps space.

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Hey it's "sourdoughsam69." I got my new sb nation 2.0 on gsom so i made it a warrior name(even though i like the niners more.) Anyways,I thought that we did a fine job drafting and we need to look ahead to the regular season. QB- ?, Grade- ? Well, we really do not know who is getting the starting good. i have always been a big Alex smith fan and i think e diserves it. If you breakdown smiths 3 healthy games to hills, they are not so far apart. 2-1 for smith, and 2-0(minnesota does not count). Smith had 1 TD-1 Int with about 500 yards. That's not good or bad. But factor a few things in. one, if you watched those game, you know battle fumbled on the 1 and VD dropped 2 tds against the rams. Now that's a 4-1 td-int ratio. Now we are talking. Hill, aroung 500 yards with a 5-1 ratio. Then look at what teams we were facing. An 8-8 cardinals, a healthy rams defense, an the pittsburgh steelers. Hill faced a prevent defense Minnesota Vikings, cincinatti, and tampa's back ups. Smith had the harder match ups. So if you really look at this you see two guys putting up similar stats with smith playing harder defenses. And when you look at 06, you can really see great potential in him, and top it of with a solid sart in 07, and 08 looks pretty good. Keep in mind that Hill was using a basic offense, tha is to simple against good teams. I think smith will win the job because of his football inteligence, and his atural talent he has when healthy. Just watch in 2008 smith will have, 3,578 yards, 18 TDs and 7 INTs. Why only decent stats? Well when you have Frank Gore who will have 2,231 yards, and 19 TDs, you don't have to pass to much.

I don't think trading up our picks is a good idea. I'm glad that we did it last year, but we should not get into that habit. We have some good draft picks. Take what it offers. Here is some news: Detroit may be looking to trade Shaun Rogers or even Roy Williams, although ESPN says a lot sometimes. I would not be suprised if they trade Rogers to Denver for Javan Walker and then trade Williams for someone else. I'm sure the niners would love to have either Williams or Rogers, but Williams may require a 1st rounder, and Rogers has never played in a 3-4 and has sometimes been inconsistant and not the best work ethics. Bot have been to Hawaii on several occations. Rogers is 28 years old, and I'm not entirely sure, but I think Williams is 24 or 25. So both pretty young. So what do you think. Should be go after one, both neither. How much do you think they are worth. Personally, I would like to go after Williams for our 1st rounder. He is the receiver we have been looking for and we can get Pat Sims in the second round, who has a much better attitude than Rogers. There has been some talk about Hanysworth, but I dont see it happening. The Titans wil likely sign him t a long term deal or ta him. If not, a team like the Giants, Broncos, or Colts would be most likely to make a move on him. He is not really meant for a 3-4, and may not have the size to handle the nose.

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Who should the niners big move in the offseason be?

• Lance Briggs
• Terrel Suggs
• Alan Faneca
• Other FA
• Trade up for higher draft pick
• Nothing. Smaller free agents but mainly focus on the draft
• Shaun Rogers
• Roy Williams

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