Baron Davis is one of the most athletic point guards in the NBA. If he stays healthy, the Warriors will be able to keep pace with any team in the Western Conference. Davis is not a good shooter, but he’s a decent scorer as he has averaged 15.9 points per game for his career. Davis gets to the line alot with his aggressive drives to the basket, but he’s doesn’t convert his free-throws (66.8%) which causes him to lose 2-3 points per game. Davis is a good playmaker that has averaged 7.1 assists for his career. Davis also has averaged 3.9 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game for his career.

Keith McLeod was acquired from the Jazz in the Derek Fisher trade. McLeod is a good back-up point guard that would be in trouble if forced to play big minutes. McLeod is not a good shooter (34.9% FGs), but has averaged 2.9 assists in his career while averaging 19.8 minutes per game.

Reserve forward Chris Taft is still recovering from back surgery and will be out indefinately.

The Warriors have been getting tired of losing every season and canned coach Mike Montgomery after two seasons and signed up Don Nelson to be the head coach. Nelson had no where to go when he returned to health after the job Avery Johnson did with the Mavericks. So Nelly heads out west to build a fast-paced team in Oakland. Nelson has a career record of 1,190-880.

Nelson hasn’t done as well in the playoffs as he has in the regular season. Nelson has a playoff record of 70-85. Warriors fans would probably build a statue of Nelly if he could just get the team to the playoffs.