Concluding the Preseason and the Start of the Regular Season

Well the Warriors finished their last game of the preseason last night against the Phoenix Suns. Unfortunately they fell to them 97-92. My analysis of their performance can be summed up in just a couple of words. The Warriors still have some work to do. The Warriors still played sloppy, too many turnovers and just like last year, they were horrendous at defensive rebounding. This is what definitely cost them the game. As for the sloppiness I believe they can get that squared away by the start of the season. Let's just hope that the defensive rebounding will come along quickly as well. Of course last night they played without Adonal Foyle and Ike Diogu, so when those two are healthy things could become better for them. On a funny side note I was watching the highlights of the other games from yesterday and I saw exactly why the Dallas Mavericks will never win a championship with Dirk Nowitzki as their leader. He is SOFT!!! He fouled Carlos Arroyo of the Detroit Pistons and Arroyo took exception to it and got right up into Dirk's face and proceeded to shove him a bit. Now Arroyo is right around 6 feet tall and Dirk is a 7 footer. If a guy that much smaller then you isn't afraid to get right in your face then you are doing something wrong and you are soft. Those are my thoughts for now.