Blah and a Christmas Wish

I really don’t enjoy doing these posts when the Warriors lose games that I know they should have won. If that doesn’t give away the outcome then let me say the Warriors lost today to the Boston Celtics 98-109. It was disappointing losing this game because they should have been fired up after the New Jersey game and Boston is just an average team at best. The Warriors did a good job slowing down Boston’s superstar Paul Pierce, but in return they just let everybody on Boston do something and it was too much for the Warriors to take. The Warriors only got production out of Jason Richardson (23 points), Baron Davis (24 points) and Troy Murphy (27 points). You might include Derek Fisher on that list, but 12 points from him doesn’t make up for everyone else and that is just an average contribution anyway. The Warriors now are 1-2 on the road trip and face Philadelphia on Wednesday, and they just snuck about .500 so it is only going to get harder for them now.

With the showing the Warriors have put out the last couple of games I think they are trying to tell President of Basketball Operations Chris Mullin that he needs to make a trade. I am of the impression that if you are going to have a starting lineup that includes Adonal Foyle (no offense and only defense), then you have to have 4 solid starters. Mike Dunleavy is not that starter and so the Warriors need to find the small forward that would be (Ron Artest maybe). Prime example of this idea is the Detroit Pistons. Ben Wallace is a great defensive player, but very limited offensively, but the other 4 starters (Richard Hamilton, Chauncey Billups, Rasheed Wallace and Tayshaun Prince) are very capable solid players, and much better defensively then the Warriors starters as well. So this is me begging the Warriors to make my Christmas wish come true and get the Warriors the starting small forward that will be consistent and if possible an upgrade at center so we can get some rebounds. Is that too much to ask?