Please Vote For Me (Scholarship) (Pietrus, yes or no?)

[Yi Jian Lian]

AI - posters here dont seem to realize (or want to realize) that Pietrus did have a vital role in the teams success last season. As in all things, the bad/negative things stick. Him wanting to be traded/or him being unhappy (id need a source on that one) is what everyone judges him on. Or maybe the fact that he was a lottery pick with beyond high expectations...ie: French Jordan...and we really never gave him a fair shot to contribute at his true position. Mike D wasnt going to sit the bench and neither was JR. JR leaving opened the door for Monta, not Pietrus. And Jack is a proven starter.

It is a fact that his signifigance was missed. Even Nellie acknowledged he was playing his best ball, got hurt and the Warriors starting sliding. I never was a fan of Pietrus, i vouched for Mike D at all measurements, and ive said it all along, Pietrus will shine outside of Oakland. Although i would love for him to come back. He was one of the top bench contributors on our squad, and our bench was rather thin. But i just dont see him wanting a bench role.

Do you really want Jackson's no defense (shot not falling, on other side of court complaining to refs making our players play 4 on 5), 3 for 21s (He has A LOT of these last season), and a shot chucker (reason why he is 20+PPG)?

Or do you really want Pietrus' lock down D, not chucking, flashy blocks, corner three, flashy dunks?

I'd take the younger more athletic Pietrus any day.

Stephen Jackson is a bench player at best, but with his constant shot chucking ballooned his PPG thinking he is a good scorer. I guess every player makes a difference.

I hope Mikael Pietrus stays as a Warrior, look what happened to Jamison? We shouldn't let good players go/

I have to agree with both of you guys.

[old rem]

Pietrus + Azu are Quick/Fast guys who have experiance HERE. They are the sort of athlete that is essential for Nellie's tactics. Are they stars you'd pay $8 mill....no. However..the league has a lot of "rotation players" 6th men,spot starters who ARE paid $3-5 mill. You can't really have "good depth" if 2/3 of the bench is bargain bin stuff and the rest are too new or inexperianced to be effective for awhile.

The Warriors pretty much burst Pietrus bubble in letting him go UFA without any attempt to lock him up. It's not so much the $$$ as it's finding out you ain't "family"..yer just a hired hand.

Pietrus may have even heard about the bashing GSW fans here gave him...while he was trying hard.
Nellie turned to him late...and he responded well. I would not be surprised if Nellie votes to make a bid,but now that the front office made it clear "it's all about the money" Pietrus will tend to want to see more than kind words. We'd be smart to bid around $4 mill. That might not do it.

[Mylie10]

I vote no on Pietrus for the mere fact that he's in Brandans way. Nellie wouldn't be able to help himself and he'd force feed Pete at the 4 spot.

Brandan's the future not Pete.

If Pete was used strictly as a back-up 3 to Jax....Or a guy who guards big 2 guards, then I'd have no problem with Pete around here as long as we don't pay him to much.

So it's a no for me based on Nellie's reluctance to use him properly.

[turk3d]

Where Petey messed up was when he held out in preseason. Monta got hurt (we didn't know how good of a season he was going to have) and Bukie won his spot in the starting lineup and Jack was out those first seven games. If Petey had come into camp (without a contract) and busted his hump the way he did in the 2nd half of the season, who knows, he may have won a starting berth. As it turned out, when he came back, Bukie had won the position, Monta was beginning to re-establish himself as a starter, and Jack was back, thereby pretty much sealing his fate as a Warrior. I've always liked Pietrus talent, I was just busting your hump a little AI for not helping out Yi and instead using his thread to start another "Pietrus is great thread". I believe Pietrus had the misfortune of always being the odd man out throughout his Warriors career. Just vote for the guy, he's one of us. BTW Yi, it looks like you're kicking butt in your vote.

[Abyss Impact]

Why can't Pietrus be Jackson's backup?

[Mylie10]

Why can't Pietrus be Jackson's backup?

Because Nellie can't help himself. Pietrus is his kryptonite.

[KR4]

Voted for you Yi. I was feeling altruistic.

[BayWarrior]

You got my vote!

[Yi Jian Lian]

Voted for you Yi. I was feeling altruistic.

You get a whole-hearted thanks from you. Thanks KR4, I really appreciate it. You too BayWarrior!