The Associated Press is reporting that the Golden State Warriors have signed forward Reggie Williams for the remainder of the season, and have waived shooting guard Raja Bell to make the necessary room on their roster. The 23-year old Williams has been another example of Don Nelson’s ability to take a player off the proverbial scrap heap and make him somewhat effective; since joining the Warriors on March 2nd, Williams is averaging 12.8 points per game with shooting percentages of 53%/48.6%/90.0%. He was key in the Warriors’ win against New Orleans, scoring 22 points on only 11 field goal attempts. Unfortunately, the Warriors have only won one other contest since Williams joined the team.
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- j.d.hastings - Mar 22, 2010 at 8:01 PM
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I feel that this site has dangerously under reported on the excitement of Don Nelson’s ability to get 5 wins in 13 games before he gets canned for re-destroying the Warriors (that admittedly he briefly undestroyed a few years ago).
If he gets the 5 wins he can be canned as the winningest coach of all time, but to get there he’ll have to improve the W’s win percentage from .275 to .384. Most of these games are on the road, and only 6 of the remaining games are against non-playoff teams. And he’ll have to get there featuring a team of D-Leaguers, guys who hate him, and one precocious rookie who always looks like he’s wearing lip-stick.
Tell me this doesn’t sound like the plot to a great 80s movie. Somebody get a documentary crew out there with a cassette of “Push it to the Limit” for the climactic montage scene.
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- Jared - Mar 22, 2010 at 11:29 PM
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@ j.d. hastings
Awesome.
That is all.
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- peter - Mar 23, 2010 at 1:49 PM
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Raja Bell has never impressed me that much.
Better to give Reggie Williams a shot. He’s putting up nice stats.
He’ll probably try hard every game too.
