The biggest offseason move the Warriors have made may not have been trading for an all-star after all.
New owner Joe Lacob's decision to move on from the Don Nelson regime proves the new administration's hunger for winning over making a buck. There's nothing sexy about a Keith Smart becoming the new head coach, but with the team trending to younger, more well-rounded players, having a coach who can actually relate is invaluable.
Injuries aside, the Warriors' largest problem during Nelson's tenure was basketball philosophy. The shoot first, ask questions later mantra was highly entertaining, but not enough to be a winning team. Each January, it was always pretty clear that the W's were far from a playoff contender no matter how exciting the basketball was to watch.
Come 2010, things have changed for the better.
What plagued Nelson was his ability to communicate with younger players. Just ask Anthony Randolph, Monta Ellis, Marco Belinelli, Mickael Pietrus, and Andris Biedrins to name a few.
Randolph was the classic case. The promising forward often found himself in the d ...
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