My Warriors Season Wrap Up Part 1

Last game of the season for the W's after well, what should be considered a great year, yet still disappointing! It's not often that a team compiles 48 wins in a season and doesn't make the playoffs. I've stymied all along that the Warriors need to take care of a couple things, in particular ball management. I'm not talking about their passes, or who brings the ball past mid-court; more or less, I'm referring to their shot selection, and giving the ball to someone that's hot or finding ways to create shots for the team. The reason I bring this up, is that while seeing the warriors 'let it rain' is entertaining, i think seeing them run the floor on every teams is even more entertaining. Seeing Harrington dunk as he takes off from a foot inside the free-throw line; S. Jackson coming down the lane with a spin move, and finishing strong with a possible 3pt play; Monta Ellis grabbing as much air as he can, and stuffing the ball over the likes of Leandro Barbosa.

-more entertaining no?

Point, I'm trying to make, is the Warriors need to get away from that 3pt shot, and look to drive and dish. Get guys open in the wings, so they can either take an uncontested 3pt shot (which i have no problems with) or drive to the hole, even take the wing jumper. Reason why this is so important, is because the Warriors are not a good rebounding team. When you put that 3-ball in the air, it either has to go in, or it minus well be a turnover.

Food for thought, Stephen Jackson and Al Harrington are without question supposed to be the big men on the floor for the warriors. (With exception of Biedrins) For the month of April, the two of them combined for 21/83 from beyond the Arc. In which the games that they had good shooting percentages were against lousy teams like Memphis, Sacramento, and the Clippers. Break that down, 21 of 83!!! We're talking 25.3%! Holy Bejesus!

First off, why are your big men taking 3 pt shots?! They should be posting up, dishing out, putting in tear drop runners. Without question, they have better handles than most other typical forwards, so why not use that to your advantage? Second point, when you shoot around 25% from behind the 3pt line, and no one is there to rebound your ball, it's the same as a turnover, agree? I mean how can you not feel frustrated by this? It's literally the same as over throwing a pass out of bounds, dribbling the ball off your foot, or my favorite one, not knowing who's on your team and just handing them the ball. Point is, the other team gets the ball back, without much time on the clock used (for those 4th quarter situations) and the opponent never had to worry about defense, picking up a foul, using energy to guard others off the ball. None of that. Ask any basketball player what takes up the most energy, and a good 99% of them will say playing defense, well, don't worry about that, 3 out of 4 times he's gonna miss and we can just stroll on and wear them out as we pass the ball around the perimeter and then move the ball down low for an easy shot.

-i'd have my hands on my head wondering what to do too, if I shot 25%

How is it the Monta Ellis who plays the Shooting Guard position (maybe point guard some day) takes 57 - 3pt attempts FOR THE YEAR, and here Jackson and Harrington take 83 for the month of April. There's a disparity here... It's supposed to be the other way around. Even more amazing, Monta puts up 20+ points per night, not shooting the 3 ball. I see no reason why Jackson or Harrington can't do that as well. Besides, isn't the 3 ptr supposed to be shot by our shooters, ie. Matt Barnes, Marco Bellinelli? Oh that's right Nellie doesn't like to play rooks, and Barnes has had such a disasterous year, that there's no way any team is paying him $3 million dollars next year. So to summarize it all up, take less 3's, and you'll be able to find better shots. Take more time to find those shots, and you give less time to your opponent to a) exploit your almost non-existent defense (another thing to work on) and b) save your energy. After all, I want to see you guys in the playoffs. Playoffs? yes I said it, playoffs.