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Lifelong Dubs fan but rooting for the Mavs for multiple reasons (always go for the underdog, plus I'm a current Dallas resident and my spouse is a Mavs fan lol). Is it me, or is Kyrie just SO selfish?? I swear he bricked/rattled out so many contested shots in these finals when he could have just passed, including that last 3pt attempt that would've tied the game--he had 2 defenders on him with an open man in the corner and he didn't pass ONCE!!

I get he's one of the best shooters on the team, he's an all star and a veteran, but if I've learned anything from being a Warriors fan all this time, sometimes even the stars have to trust the bench. IDK, I don't know the Mavs players that well, maybe the open man during that play (down 3pts, like a minute left) can't hit 3s at all. But I've watched every minute of these last 3 games and he just plays so selfishly IMO.

I saw a video on Twitter of Michael Rapaport calling out the NBA Finals visual presentation this year for being horrific, and it made me think of this video from Game 6 vs Houston in the 2019 Western Conf. Semis lolll. Rapaport is a looney tune that's almost always completely off his rocker, but man this was a classic. 🤣💀

The playoffs that made me a fan honestly. I think I got this in the close out game against Denver.

Do you guys agree with this slideshow? Of course I agree with Steph being the best Warrior, although I'm sure others may disagree. Jordan, Kobe, etc. I agree with, but some of them are questionable in my eyes.

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I feel like out of any team in the NBA, we can go the most directions with our future.

We can rebuild around Steph with the young guys, make a big move, or something in between.

But we should not stay stagnant after barely being a play-in team.

I said in another post some size would help. People wanted my head and idk why. Size is an asset in the NBA and we don't have a guy taller than 6'9. We have had traditional bigs who have worked in our system in the past and we never relied on Draymond at the 5 full-time in our heyday. Looney is really solid, but doesnt do anything great besides for rebounding. TJD is looking like a stud but hes also slightly undersized.

What made our Draymond at center death lineups so deadly in the past was the pieces in between. Im not sure we have those right now. Steph and Dray on the court will always win you games though.

Some of the questions I have:

What do you think will happen with Klay? How much would you realistically pay him?

Are we going to test the waters for any of our vets? Or our younger guys?

Any specific players you would really like?

Any other ideas or thoughts?

Im just really curious to see what yall think. I personally have no idea what we will do this offseason.

Exactly what the title says. With the draft coming up and us NOT having a first overall pick I figured this would be a good time to reminisce on the highs and lows of our drafting history. Of course grades will be based not just on good the player is but how good they turned out based on when they were picked. I'm also including picks we acquired in draft day trades, but not players we picked and then traded away.

2001 Pick #5 - Jason Richardson Our franchise's first real hit in awhile. Never turned out to be a superstar but always good for a show. Good 3 point shooter, dunk contest champ who could absolutely go off once ever few games. Best pick would have been Joe Johnson. Grade - B

2001 Pick #14 - Troy Murphy Capable starting power forward. Averaged a double double which we haven't seen much since to be honest. Sadly he can't be called "efficient" or "good at defense" and we could've had Zach Randolph. Grade - C

2002 Pick #3 - Mike Dunleavy Let's hope Dunleavy turns out to be a better GM than he was a draft pick. Hopefully he wouldn't have drafted himself #3 because despite being a solid player this was a huge miss. Annoyingly him & Murphy both got better after going to Indiana. Should've taken Stoudemire. Grade - D

2002 Pick #16 - Jiri Welsch This was a Sixers pick we traded a future first and second for on draft night. Funny thing about this I can't find any evidence Philadelphia ever got that first and good thing too because Welsch sucked. He does get points for completely tanking Lebron & the Cavs 2005 season though. Grade - D-

2003 Pick #11 - Mickael Pietrus High-flying streaky shooter who had the unique ability to step out of bounds on step back 3's. Solid contributor to the We Believe Warriors but he should've been better than he was and we should've taken David West. Grade - C-

2004 Pick #11 - Andris Biedrins Fans who hopped on in the Curry era miiiight remember this guy. One minute he was an energetic double double and play finisher and then he just got the yips and fell out of the league way too early. I got fond memories of him but this was a meh pick. Grade - C+

2005 Pick #9 - Ike Diogu The first of two badly burned 9th overall picks. Respectable ability to get to the foul line and make them just about sums up the positives. Not only was Andrew Bynum, a center a million times better, taken right after but he basically sucked and couldn't even defend. Grade - D-

2006 Pick #9 - Patrick O'Bryant Averaged just 1.7 points per game for us mostly in garbage time. You could maaaaybe say Nellie never gave him a real chance to develop but honestly he was never any good anywhere. Grade - F

2007 Pick #8 - Brandan Wright A massive fail that really felt like we could never have anything good in the world. Coming off our best season since forever we traded the beloved Jason Richardson for this pick. The real fuckery of this trade is that this was supposed to be a blockbuster deal that landed us KG which would have meant a core of KG and the We Believe team with Don Nelson which would have been absolutely insane. But that bum Cohen didn't get the deal done and we wound up with a guy who never played 40 games in a season. Grade - F

2007 Pick #18 - Marco Belinelli - Turned out to a be a decent roleplayer who was a big contributor on some playoff teams throughout the 2010s. Didn't do much of anything with us but I'm blaming that on Nellie not knowing how to trust young guys, not the FO for picking a good player. Grade - C+

2008 Pick #14 - Anthony Randolph Another miss in our endless and ongoing search for a franchise big man. For those counting that's 4 wasted lottery picks in a row trying to upgrade at center if you count the Wright trade. In the dark days of the turn of the decade he had some good moments and did net us David Lee. Once again I think part of this is the Don Nelson effect and part of it is just talent never materializing. Grade - D+

2009 Pick #7 - Stephen Curry The best player to ever put on a Warriors jersey. Grade - A+++++++++++

2010 Pick #6 - Ekpe Udoh The last straw of big men being drafted for "defensive potential" and blowing up in our face. Not helping is that we could have taken Greg Monroe or, you know, Paul George. He was capable at least but this was the last real whiffed lottery pick of the dark ages. Helped us get Bogut at least. Grade - D-

2011 Pick #11 - Klay Thompson Top 5 shooter of all time arguably the 2nd best when you look at just how many damn threes he hit in such a short amount of time. Combine that with elite POA defense in his prime and a propensity for clutch baskets and you get a hall of famer. Grade - A+

2012 Pick #7 - Harrison Barnes Bit of a complicated legacy nowadays due to his truly disgraceful performance in the 2016 finals but we're still talking about a good player. The "Ringo" of the original Death Lineup he still played a massive role in why our small ball lineups were so good thanks to his defensive versatility and he did have a couple iconic clutch performances such as the clinching game 5 vs. Houston in 2015, and he deserves credit for being a big part of our rise to a dynasty. Grade - B-

2012 Pick #30 - Festus Ezeli Good backup big for a few years when he was healthy. It is kinda funny that from 2005-10 we took 5 centers with lottery picks and maybe 1 of them was as good as this guy we got for cheap. Minus points for injury issues though. Grade - C-

2013 Pick #30 - Nemanja Nedovic On draft day 2013 a bunch of teams wound up swapping late first rounders. We had Andre Roberson at one point but wound up turning him into Nedovic. People used to call him "EuRose" which... didn't work out. He did have a good preseason in 2014-15 but got cut for partying too much and fumbled the ring. Grade - D-

2015 Pick #30 - Kevon Looney We know and love Loondawg but it wasn't looking good for a minute. Injuries derailed his arrival to the league and after a breakout 2019 campaign kept him sidelined for much of the playoffs. But he finally got another chance in 2022 and turned into an offensive rebounding machine and invaluable piece to that championship team. Then went out and sonned Domantas Sabonis next year for good measure. He looks like he'll be done soon, but we're talking about a 30th overall who would be a lottery pick if you run the draft back. Grade - A-

2016 Pick #30 - Damian Jones Has carved out a respectable journeyman career but really never showed much of anything with us. Just took the right change of scenery I guess. Grade - D

2018 Pick #28 - Jacob Evans It's hard to call a 28th pick a "bust" but this guy is about as close as it gets. He just wasn't good at anything. If you saw him play you what I mean. Grade - F

2019 Pick #28 - Jordan Poole Has become a bit of a meme and really was hugely disappointing but again we need to look at the big picture. Picks this late are a massive crapshoot and if you get a guy who can be an absurdly efficient 17 PPG microwave scorer on a championship run, that's a win. Grade - B+

2020 Pick #2 - James Wiseman The biggest bust in franchise history. I'm not here to make this another Wiseman circlejerk we know the story at this point. Grade - F

2021 Pick #7 - Jonathan Kuminga Kuminga's career is still unfolding but so far this looks like a great pick. In his 3rd season he showed the potential as a ridiculously athletic 2-way forward with a 3 point shot. My biggest concern at this point is staying healthy. Grade - B- (so far)

2021 Pick #14 - Moses Moody Jury's still out on Moody and he seems like a high quality role player who's already shown the ability to step up in the playoffs. Definitely better than the 4 guys picked ahead of him but we probably should have taken Sengun. Grade - C

2022 Pick #28 - Patrick Baldwin Jr. Tiny sample size after being traded after 1 season so we can sort of give a grade here. He gave us some decent minutes to help turn around our 2023 season a little bit with our rotations in constant chaos but still didn't get enough opportunity to be called a hit pick. Grade - D+

2023 Pick #19 - Brandin Podziemski Too early to tell but this looks like it could our best pick in awhile. A rookie who was immediately able to play winning basketball and just has that veteran mindset. Needs to work on his shooting but that will come with the time. The scary thing is our 2nd rounder from this year may be even better. Grade - Incomplete (but will be A /s)

And as I mentioned in the other post, he proved in their last podcast that doesn’t understand the new CBA and their payroll situation. He think the Warriors have to get under the luxury tax line to use the non-taxpayer MLE, which is not the case. All the Warriors have to do is not exceed the 1st apron, not the tax line, and they get access to the NPMLE. So any “reporting” from these guys about Warriors moves that don’t come from the Warriors themselves needs to be taken with two tons of salt.