Belinelli, Wright work hard to get into shape, rotation

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First Cup: Friday
Published 6/13/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Janny Hu of the San Francisco Chronicle: "Marco Belinelli and Brandan Wright have been staples here over the last three weeks, starting their days around 10 a.m. with on-court drills before moving on to strength and conditioning work. Coach Don Nelson wants his younger players to be a bigger part of the rotation, which is just fine by the pair. Wright is fully healed from the groin injury that cost him the final four games of the regular season, and he has been working on his shooting -- both mid-range and trailing three-pointers -- as well as his ...

bloFirst Cup: Friday
Published 6/13/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Janny Hu of the San Francisco Chronicle: "Marco Belinelli and Brandan Wright have been staples here over the last three weeks, starting their days around 10 a.m. with on-court drills before moving on to strength and conditioning work. Coach Don Nelson wants his younger players to be a bigger part of the rotation, which is just fine by the pair. Wright is fully healed from the groin injury that cost him the final four games of the regular season, and he has been working on his shooting -- both mid-range and trailing three-pointers -- as well as his ...

Kelenna Azubuike Opts Out
Published 6/13/2008 by Cat (noreply@blogger.com) at The Front-Row Johnson
Not unexpected, as he played his way to a larger contract. He's an RFA, meaning that the Warriors can match any offer given by another team. Most, if not all, teams are pushing luxury tax this offseason, so the most I expect Azubuike to receive is a $1-2 million chunk of the MLE. He and his agent most likely will ask for $3 million per season, but with the extensions for Monta and Andris and the rookie contracts for two draft picks already pushing lux tax, the Warriors can't finagle that amount. That said, the Warriors will figure out a way to keep Azubuike on the team.