He's a nice PG w/o any severe limitation. He's young, big enough, pretty fast, and can shoot, handle and pass it well. I think he's greatly improved his PG skills from his days in the D-League as well..I was on board the minute you mentioned his name months ago. No doubt he'd be a pretty big upgrade here if we brought him in and gave him the keys to the bus from Duhon. I just don't see the Warriors giving up on him so easily. They know he's a good player and they know they have him at a big discount...He's getting over 25 mins. a night and he's productive -- he's a regular rotation player for them right now. Has been basically the whole year, and that's even with Curry's emergence and Ellis getting a ton of mins. I fear the time to get him may have passed --- we should've tried to pry him loose a little earlier, back when you first brought his name up Briggs, back when they still had Acie Law on their roster. At least then the Warriors still had options for a backup point and a little depth to fall back on there. Now they don't...Maybe then they would've entertained an offer of a 2nd rounder for him. Not sure but I think now, based on his substantial playing time, solid numbers and productivity, that offer may look kinda lowball. I think they'd balk at that offer - I know I would. I don't think we could get him for that now and I don't see GS's urgency to trade him. He's young, productive and a steady rotation PG for them. If they dealt him for one of our 2nd rounders, who inherits those 25+ mins?
Trying to acquire Watson in the off-season as a FA might prove to be just as difficult seeing how he's restricted. Comparing Duhon and Watson, Duhon's the one who'll be lucky to even sniff 500K from a team next year, the way he's played. Watson, on the other hand, is playing like he deserves a significant raise - maybe some team out there gives him a similar deal to the one Donnie originally gave Duhon ...His age, skills and productivity will all be factors..He's showing a lot of people that he may be ready to run his own team.. And GS will have the final say on whether he stays or goes this summer. Unless we somehow come in with a pretty big offer this off-season to pry him loose...But then how do we fit him into our plans at the amount of money he'll be looking for? I couldn't see CJ Watson being part of our plan A this summer (which hopefully involves maxing out LeBron and re-signing Lee - after that the funds won't be there for much else, if anything). It would have to be if we were forced to go a different route (say LeBron stays put in Cleveland) and we suddenly do have money available for a PG...And if that's the case, there are a few guys out there that might be a little further up the ladder from Watson anyway though, no? Briggy I like him a lot, I just don't see the obvious scenario where we could bring him here. Maybe I'm wrong and maybe they would take a 2nd rounder for him. I agree, it's a no-brainer -- you definitely offer that up and see if they bite. Nothing to loose. It would be a bad situation with Duhon for the rest of the year if we ever brought Watson in to take over his spot but F it - Duhon knows he's played terribly and he's got nobody to blame but himself. Chris has also gotta know in his gut that he's gone after the year anyway.
1/24/2010 2:04 PM