I went to the Warriors vs. Magic game tonight, and saw the Warriors actually win a game!!! Granted, it was the Orlando Magic, the worst team in the Eastern Conference, but Tracy McGrady was on their team. He could have gone off for 62 points, like he did against Gilbert Arenas and the Wizards, or pull something out their collective asses, like go into Staples and beat up on the LA Lakers, complete w/ Shaq, Kobe, Karl Malone, and GP. I was expecting the lowly Warriors to lay an egg. Not only did they win, they went over 100 points, which means free Weinerschnitzel chili dogs for everyone in the crowd. My friend hooked us up with a suite, so we had our own bathroom, beer, snacks, you name it. It was St. Patrick's Day, so my boy, Troy Murphy, a Notre Dame alum, and as Irish as a white boy can get, went of for 20 points and 11 boards. It was a weird night in the Warriors Universe, because everything was going right. We even got VIP parking right next to the Coliseum; I thought that a black hole would open up right in the coliseum, or an earthquake, or maelstrom of locusts would swallow us up. I was scared as hell.
The Warriors Universe is a weird one. It has come up with the likes of Victor Alexander, Les Jepsen, Uwe Blab, Manute Bol, Rony Seikaly, Tom Gugliotta, Todd Fuller and Joe Smith, all a bunch of has-been or never been big men that plagued the Warriors lineup and never succeeded anywhere else. But these guys are the exception to the rule. Usually Warriors who move on do really well.
Chris Mullin went to the Pacers, and now they are an elite team. Tim Hardaway went the Heat, and him and Pat Riley enjoyed some good years with Alonzo Mourning and Steve Smith. Mitch Richmond won a championship with the Lakers. But those were players in the past. Does the same still hold true now?
Latrell Sprewell, who got ousted because he choked the coach, went to a good Knicks team and is now a contender on the Minnesota TimberWolves. Chris Webber is, who got outed because he got into a little tiff with the coach, is now on the best team in the NBA, the Sacramento Kings. Donyell Marshall is averaging 20pts and 10 rebounds in Toronto, Damon Jones and Rafer Alston are starting point guards on playoff-bound teams, Milwaukee and Miami. And these guys only tried out during training camp or had 10 day contracts! It's a curse, I tell you.
The list goes on to other arenas: Tom Tolbert becomes a successful announcer on ABC, and has his own Bay Area radio Sports Talk show, Earl Boykins is going to the playoffs with Melo and the Nuggets, and even coaches get love.....Gregg Popovich is the coach for the World Champion Spurs, Don Nelson is the coach for the high-powered Mavericks, and Rick Adelman is the coach for the Sacramento Kings. Yet, the Warriors are mired in mediocrity.
It's been ten years since the Warriors have made it to the playoffs. I reminisce back to the days of Run TMC, and when Avery Johnson took over for the injured Tim Hardaway and led the team to a 55-27 record in '93. Heck, let's go back to the Rick Barry championship in the 70's, with Al Attles, Nate Thurmond, and Wilt Chamberlain.
After this wonderful night in the Oakland Colisuem, let' hope its a harbinger of things to come for the Warriors. Then again, it was only the Orlando Magic.
The Warriors Universe is a weird one. It has come up with the likes of Victor Alexander, Les Jepsen, Uwe Blab, Manute Bol, Rony Seikaly, Tom Gugliotta, Todd Fuller and Joe Smith, all a bunch of has-been or never been big men that plagued the Warriors lineup and never succeeded anywhere else. But these guys are the exception to the rule. Usually Warriors who move on do really well.
Chris Mullin went to the Pacers, and now they are an elite team. Tim Hardaway went the Heat, and him and Pat Riley enjoyed some good years with Alonzo Mourning and Steve Smith. Mitch Richmond won a championship with the Lakers. But those were players in the past. Does the same still hold true now?
Latrell Sprewell, who got ousted because he choked the coach, went to a good Knicks team and is now a contender on the Minnesota TimberWolves. Chris Webber is, who got outed because he got into a little tiff with the coach, is now on the best team in the NBA, the Sacramento Kings. Donyell Marshall is averaging 20pts and 10 rebounds in Toronto, Damon Jones and Rafer Alston are starting point guards on playoff-bound teams, Milwaukee and Miami. And these guys only tried out during training camp or had 10 day contracts! It's a curse, I tell you.
The list goes on to other arenas: Tom Tolbert becomes a successful announcer on ABC, and has his own Bay Area radio Sports Talk show, Earl Boykins is going to the playoffs with Melo and the Nuggets, and even coaches get love.....Gregg Popovich is the coach for the World Champion Spurs, Don Nelson is the coach for the high-powered Mavericks, and Rick Adelman is the coach for the Sacramento Kings. Yet, the Warriors are mired in mediocrity.
It's been ten years since the Warriors have made it to the playoffs. I reminisce back to the days of Run TMC, and when Avery Johnson took over for the injured Tim Hardaway and led the team to a 55-27 record in '93. Heck, let's go back to the Rick Barry championship in the 70's, with Al Attles, Nate Thurmond, and Wilt Chamberlain.
After this wonderful night in the Oakland Colisuem, let' hope its a harbinger of things to come for the Warriors. Then again, it was only the Orlando Magic.
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