[Leftcoast]

I've been a Warriors fan since the late 1960s. My father and father in law both played college basketball. It's my favorite spectator sport of the Big Four.  And yes, I'd trade Curry, Thompson and Draymond rather than watch them play .500 ball and show up for 2/3rds of the games.

And you know the people who drafted those terrible first round picks are gone, right?  And JBC averaged more than 20 ppg for the W's. No, I would have FAR preferred to have Parrish and McHale, obviously. But Todd Fuller and JBC don't belong in the same group.

Agreed on JBC being better than remembered, he made the NBA rookie first team and (if memory serves) one all-star team.  On the other hand there were reasons he earned his "Joe Barely Cares" nickname even if it was cruel and unfair.  For many (but not all) games each season he lacked passion particularly defensively. Fans and writers noticed and the contrast with his great games against some of the NBAs better centers (Kareem, Malone, etc) were used as proof he had more to give the rest of the season.  He also interviewed poorly and left for two years to play in Italy before coming back to the sad-sack Warriors. It wasn't his fault owner Mieuli couldn't afford to pay for better talent nor that Boston's Auerbach picked Mieuli's pocket but he did own his up-and-down play on the court. But yes, he was no Todd Fuller.

Disagree on trading Curry, Thompson, Green before their championship window closes.  From Jan 1 2022 through the end of the season the Warriors were barely above 500 (25-23) and Curry/Green/Thompson were rarely on the floor together. So, would you have traded them last year?  Celebrating on the parquet floor and raising that fourth championship banner was pretty sweet and made most fans forget the winter results.

In the NFL it's better to "trade a player one year early rather than one year late", as Walsh said.  Not the NBA where careers last longer and don't end as abruptly.  Post prime Curry and Thompson are still better than their available replacements.  Forget last year's example, THIS YEAR the poor performance of former first rounders Kuminga, Moody, and Wiseman have shown, they continue to play much, much better.

Once they are no longer starting we can have this conversation again and I might change my mind.  But it will be a sad day. Particularly were the trade to involve franchise trajectory changing Steph Curry who has earned the right to go out on his own terms.

[Leftcoast]

I've been a Warriors fan since the late 1960s. My father and father in law both played college basketball. It's my favorite spectator sport of the Big Four.  And yes, I'd trade Curry, Thompson and Draymond rather than watch them play .500 ball and show up for 2/3rds of the games.

And you know the people who drafted those terrible first round picks are gone, right?  And JBC averaged more than 20 ppg for the W's. No, I would have FAR preferred to have Parrish and McHale, obviously. But Todd Fuller and JBC don't belong in the same group.

Agreed on JBC being better than remembered, he made the NBA rookie first team and (if memory serves) one all-star team.  On the other hand there were reasons he earned his "Joe Barely Cares" nickname even if it was cruel and unfair.  For many (but not all) games each season he lacked passion particularly defensively. Fans and writers noticed and the contrast with his great games against some of the NBAs better centers (Kareem, Malone, etc) were used as proof he had more to give the rest of the season.  He also interviewed poorly and left for two years to play in Italy before coming back to the sad-sack Warriors. It wasn't his fault owner Mieuli couldn't afford to pay for better talent nor that Boston's Auerbach picked Mieuli's pocket but he did own his up-and-down play on the court. But yes, he was no Todd Fuller.

Disagree on trading Curry, Thompson, Green before their championship window closes.  From Jan 1 2022 through the end of the season the Warriors were barely above 500 (25-23) and Curry/Green/Thompson were rarely on the floor together. So, would you have traded them last year?  Celebrating on the parquet floor and raising that fourth championship banner was pretty sweet and made most fans forget the winter results.

In the NFL it's better to "trade a player one year early rather than one year late", as Walsh said.  Not the NBA where careers last longer and don't end as abruptly.  Post prime Curry and Thompson are still better than their available replacements.  Forget last year's example, THIS YEAR the poor performance of former first rounders Kuminga, Moody, and Wiseman have shown, they continue to play much, much better.

Once they are no longer starting we can have this conversation again and I might change my mind.  But it will be a sad day. Particularly were the trade to involve franchise trajectory changing Steph Curry who has earned the right to go out on his own terms.