The Warriors didn’t play any defense as the Celtics shot 52.5% from the floor and it hurt them last night. Corey Maggette led the way for the Warriors last night with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists. Monta Ellis had another decent game last night for the Warriors with 18 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals. Stephen Curry was also pretty active with 13 points, 7 assists and 4 steals last night. Raja Bell made his first appearance for the Warriors last night and he finished up with 11 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists in only 23 minutes. The Warriors are now 3-8 on the year.

The Warriors were undermanned last night so they decided to try to outscore the Cavs in Cleveland last night and it almost worked. But, the Warriors forgot to play any defense as the Cavs shot 58.2% from the floor. Monta Ellis led the way for the Warriors last night with 23 points, 2 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals. Corey Maggette was solid off the bench last night for the Warriors with 19 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. Anthony Morrow also had a solid night pitching in with 18 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist. The Warriors are now 3-7 on the year.

The Warriors will be without back up point guard C.J. Watson for a while as he has tested positive for the swine flu. Watson has played in 7 games (0 starts) for the Warriors this season and he is averaging 15.3 minutes, 5.9 points, 0.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.0 steal per game. The Warriors will really miss Watson as they need all hands on the deck right now.

The Warriors have lost SG/SF Kelenna Azubuike for the season due to a torn left patellar tendon. Azubuike played in 9 games (7 starts) for the Warriors this season and he averaged 25.7 minutes, 13.9 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.0 blocked shot per game. He also was shooting the ball great this season hitting 54.5% from the floor. This injury combined with the trade of Stephen Jackson to the Bobcats will hurt the offense of the Warriors.

The Warriors have traded 31-year old SG/SF Stephen Jackson and 24-year old PG/SG Acie Law to the Bobcats for 33-year old SG Raja Bell and 28-year old forward Vladimir Radmanovic. Jackson played in 9 games (all starts) for the Warriors this season and he averaged 33.3 minutes, 16.6 points, 3.9 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.6 steals per game. No one doubts Jackson’s ability to play the game but he was just getting too hard to handle for the Warriors essentially forcing the team to trade him. At least the Warriors got a couple of decent players for him. The Warriors had to throw in Acie Law to get the deal done. Law played in 5 games (0 starts) for the Warriors this year and he averaged 13.2 minutes, 6.2 points, 0.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.2 steals per game. He has a decent little upside being a former first round pick of the Hawks but the Bobcats wanted him thrown into the deal if the Warriors really wanted to trade Jackson to them.

Raja Bell is known as a defensive player so it will be interesting to see where he can fit in for the Warriors. Bell played in 5 games (all starts) for the Bobcats this season and he averaged 31.4 minutes, 12.0 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game. He has now played in 603 games (383 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 28.0 minutes, 10.3 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. Vladimir Radmanovic played in 8 games (0 starts) for the Bobcats this season and he averaged 16.6 minutes, 4.9 points, 3.6 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game. He has now played in 556 games (184 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 24.0 minutes, 9.1 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. The Warriors will likely love Radmanovic’s shooting from three point range (38.4%) and that was likely a key to why they wanted him included in the deal.

UPDATE: Raja Bell will be an emergency player for the Warriors tonight and then he is going to undergo season ending wrist surgery because he doesn’t want to play for the Warriors. This makes this trade look really awful for the Warriors.

UPDATE II: Bell will delay the surgery on his wrist for a little while until the Warriors get back close to full strength or the pain bothers him too much.