It's officially summer time and you know what that means! It's time to break out the grill for some serious BBQ-ing. It's time to bust out the boombox and put on the Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff classic "Summatime". It's also time for the NBA Summer Leagues. Make sure to check…
July 04, 2007, 4:45 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Not sure why he's got toilet paper on him The Warriors are trying to make some big moves this year in free agency. In addition to pursuing Gerald Wallace and Mikki Moore, they're going after Morris Peterson. The Utah Jazz, Golden State Warriors, New Orleans Hornets, Miami Heat and Sacramento…
July 04, 2007, 4:30 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Welcome to the Bay Yesterday, Brandan Wright and Stephane Lasme were introduced as Golden State Warriors (Belinelli was unable to attend). The two newest Warriors smiled, spoke to the media, and held their jerseys up. Typical rookie intros. The atypical situation that Brandan Wright finds…
July 04, 2007, 4:15 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Stern's is seeing dollar signs when he is in Yi's presence. No joke. Before and even after the NBA Draft, the mystery around the hottest international prospect Yi Jianlian generated some interesting, though not surprising, responses from his critics. Some, not all, of the criticism of…
July 04, 2007, 4:00 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Lots of teams could use a dynamic 6-7 wing player who can average 18 points on 50% shooting, collect 7 boards, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He'll cost some team a ton of money, likely around 10+ million per year. Is he worth it? From the numbers he put up in the last 4 months of the season, I'd say…
July 04, 2007, 3:45 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
GSoM friend Marcus Thompson from the Contra Costa Times spoke to Jason Richardson at length about the trade on Tuesday. JRich understandably sounds angry and betrayed. Regardless of your thoughts on the trade MT's article and blog post are more than worth the price of a click: J-Rich…
July 04, 2007, 3:30 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Fantasy Junkie here and I'm going to hijack this diary to post on the main page. Thanks to xoverdribble for posting the link in the diaries. Here's the original diary. Check out Marcus Thompson's article on JRich's reaction to the trade: http://www.insidebayarea.com/sports/ci_6296482 …
July 04, 2007, 3:15 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
The dunk that closed off the Mavs We've covered some of our thoughts on how the JRich trade went down but haven't heard his side of the story and how it went down. Apparently, he felt betrayed and was angry by Mullin's actions. Marcus Thompson II recently wrote an article with some very…
July 04, 2007, 3:00 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Starting Thursday at the Lakers' first summer-league practice, Jordan Farmar and Javaris Crittenton will get to size each other up in what will be a battle to be the Lakers' long-term point guard of the future. They'll play five games in seven days in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, kicking off…
July 04, 2007, 05:30 AM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
It's officially summer time and you know what that means! It's time to break out the grill for some serious BBQ-ing. It's time to bust out the boombox and put on the Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff classic "Summatime". It's also time for the NBA Summer Leagues. Make sure to check…
July 04, 2007, 00:45 AM ET from Golden State Of Mind