The Warriors have signed 26-year old shooting guard Coby Karl to a 10-day contract. Karl played in 3 games (0 starts) for the Cavaliers earlier this season and he averaged 1.7 minutes and 0.7 rebounds per game. He has now played in 20 games (0 starts) in his NBA career and he is averaging 3.8 minutes, 1.5 points, 0.8 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game. Karl is only shooting 34.6% from the floor and 30.8% from three point range in his NBA career so don’t expect miracles out of him.

The Warriors have released 25-year old SG/SF Cartier Martin. The Warriors were pretty much forced to make this move because Martin was signed by the Warriors as a injury exemption meaning that they couldn’t sign him to a contract to finish the year. That is a shame because Martin showed some potential while with them. Martin played in 10 games (2 starts) for the Warriors this season and he averaged 27.6 minutes, 9.0 points, 4.7 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game on 36.4% shooting from the floor. Martin will likely get signed by some team soon.

24-year old forward/center Anthony Tolliver has hit the ground running for the Golden State Warriors. He has played in 7 games (3 starts) for the Warriors and he is averaging 27.3 minutes, 10.0 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game this season. The Warriors will likely keep feeding Tolliver minutes as long as he keeps playing well as they have nothing to lose by giving him his big chance to prove himself in the NBA.

The Golden State Warriors can put a lot of points on the board and can be an exciting team to watch, but they play terrible defense and are killed on the glass nearly every game.  They are giving up league-highs in points per game (111.8), field goal percentage (48.8%), opponents’ rebounds per game (46.7), and rebounding differential (-8.7).  The Warriors due lack size, but defense and rebounding has more to do with effort than size, so they are just not getting physical enough.  When you give up over 110 points per game and are getting out-rebounded by nearly 10 boards per game, you are not going to have a lot of success.  It doesn’t matter how many points Monta Ellis, Corey Maggette, and Stephen Curry score, because when you can’t defend and rebound you are not going to win.  The lack of defense and rebounding are the reasons the Warriors are 12-28 this year.

Monta Ellis has said many times that he wants to be traded but he is actually playing too well right now for the Warriors to really consider it. He has played in 39 games (all starts) for the Warriors this season and he is averaging 42.2 minutes, 26.4 points, 4.2 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 2.3 steals per game. Ellis has been a outstanding player for the Warriors and I think they should keep him at all costs because they won’t get back what he’s worth in a trade.