blogs.mercurynews.com - 12/3/2008
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Somewhere, in some newspaper, somebody silly yammered about Don Nelson having the choice between power and friendship and choosing power, which has screwed up the Warriors.
A two-point summary I wish I’d thought of last night when I was writing the dang thing:
1) Rowell clung to Nelson... ...
ballerblogger.com - 12/3/2008
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Jerry Brown of the East Valley Tribune :
“Since Steve Nash returned to Phoenix in the summer...
of 2004, the Suns have been searching for an understudy to keep the team pointed north while he rested. It has been a fruitless pursuit. Joe Johnson wanted to be the star. Leandro Barbosa and ...
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The Fundamentals
blog.cleveland.com - 11/30/2008
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Golden State's in town for Black Friday. Our
friends over at Golden State of Mind remind us:...
... tis the day to buy stuff. I have to think LeBron has a few things he'd like to sell the Warriors...
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Golden State of Mind
blogs.mercurynews.com - 12/10/2008
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Nobody’s untradeable. I’ve heard that repeated many times
by my buddy J.A. Adande, who is, of course,...
right on the money. For a perfect Warriors example: I thought Troy Murphy and Mike Dunleavy, as a salary-eating, low-production ...
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Maggette will be very, very difficult for the Warriors ...
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The Fundamentals
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... Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News: “I don’t think SJax is pleased with the way his friend Al Harrington was ushered out of town and since I believe Stephen is very, very smart, he can’t love that Nelson is, in retrospect, pining for Al’s play at power forward and using his absence as an excuse for the team’s rapid descent. Uh, Don? You’re the guy who drove Harrington crazy. Al’s not a bad guy. He can be sensitive, but he’s not a bad guy and definitely not a bad player. Harrington just happened to be Mullin’s favorite player on the team (with Brandan Wright way up ...
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Don Nelson knows his bosses would probably prefer if he stayed a little more upbeat. Not to the extent that the veteran coach would gush about the Golden State Warriors' playoff chances, yet certainly more optimistic than already ruling them out of ...
An Open Letter to Robert Rowell —
Bleacher Report - NBA 12/3/2008
(I wanted to share this with you. I wrote it yesterday and emailed it to Bay Area beat writers and friends)
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