Former Warriors that would do great in this era

cdubbz · Post #1 » by **cdubbz** » Fri May 15, 2020 3:33 am

Obvious question. Feel a good amount of ex NBA players and especially ex Warriors would do excellent in today’s game.

Who do you have from Warrior past that would kill today?

Donyell Marshall - 6’9 Forward. Shot 35% from three career, but had about 3-4 seasons shooting over 40%. Held the 3point made in a game record for a while. Unselfish. Would be all star bound or at least Lamar Odom stardom level today.

Larry Hughes - 6’5 combo guard. Can score, slash, solid handles, decent passer. Shot 30% from 3 but I don’t put too much into it. Some seasons he avg 1-2 3PA a game

Bobby Sura - 6’5 combo guard. Almost same profile as Larry Hughes. His 3point % is low but rarely shot it. Tough guard.

Quazza · Post #2 » by **Quazza** » Fri May 15, 2020 4:46 am

first that comes to mind for me is Troy Murphy

SinceGatlingWasARookie · Post #3 » by **SinceGatlingWasARookie** » Fri May 15, 2020 5:22 am

Good players from the 1980s forward would still be good as long as they were surrounded by 3 point shooters. Not everybody has to shoot the 3 but having a whole team that shoots the 3 poorly gives up the advantage of modern floor spacing.

I think the non-Star 1960s players probably would not be good enough to play in the current NBA but I would consider drafting a Nate Thurmand clone with the number 1 pick in the NBA draft this year.

Mullin, Hardaway and Suranas got me hooked on Warriors when I got to the Bay Area. They would all do fine in this league.

BG · Post #4 » by BG » Fri May 15, 2020 10:23 am

i always felt that jamison played in the wrong era, where he was considered a tweener. he would be a pretty good option on offense nowadays i think.

Flash Falcon X · Post #5 » by **Flash Falcon X** » Fri May 15, 2020 4:13 pm

zarko cabarkapa.

big man who can handle the ball and has potential to be a long range shooter. i think he actually would have been pretty decent on the we believe team if he wasn't injured. nellie loved guys who could handle and shoot.

cdubbz · Post #6 » by **cdubbz** » Fri May 15, 2020 5:31 pm

Quazza wrote:first that comes to mind for me is Troy Murphy

I always liked Murphy jump shooting. He would just need to work on passing and speed and could be serviceable.

xdrta+ · Post #7 » by **xdrta+** » Fri May 15, 2020 6:59 pm

Rick Barry. Any era.

Flash Falcon X · Post #8 » by **Flash Falcon X** » Fri May 15, 2020 7:20 pm

cdubbz wrote:
Quazza wrote:first that comes to mind for me is Troy Murphy

I always liked Murphy jump shooting. He would just need to work on passing and speed and could be serviceable.

I remember there were a few games towards the end of his Warriors tenure where Troy Murphy matched up well against Tim Duncan and Duncan was having a hard time guarding him on the perimeter. :lol:

shazam_guy · Post #9 » by **shazam_guy** » Fri May 15, 2020 8:12 pm

Sarunas. Definitely Sarunas Marciulonis, who loved to drive to the basket and was also a good passer and a good spot-up shooter. He didn't shoot threes because it wasn't the era, but his stroke was pretty good from 18-20 feet so I think he could adapt.

shazam_guy · Post #10 » by **shazam_guy** » Fri May 15, 2020 8:17 pm

BG wrote:i always felt that jamison played in the wrong era, where he was considered a tweener. he would be a pretty good option on offense nowadays i think.

I saw Jamison's entire career. He was excellent inside, with one of the quickest shot-releases off an offensive rebound I ever saw. But I have to say I don't think he'd be any different in the modern era -- a good but not overwhelmingly great player, a 3-4-maybe-smallball-5 tweener like Deng or Ibaka. So valuing him is mostly about what you expect from a #1 draft choice.

Little Digger · Post #11 » by **Little Digger** » Fri May 15, 2020 8:21 pm

Keith Wilkes-Rick Barry-Phil Smith-Gus Williams-

cdubbz · Post #12 » by **cdubbz** » Sat May 16, 2020 3:25 am

BG wrote:i always felt that jamison played in the wrong era, where he was considered a tweener. he would be a pretty good option on offense nowadays i think.

Iim a HUGE Antawn Jamison fan. Loved him as a kid and always hoped he would be the guy to turn it around.

I think his lack of defense would put him on a low tier today. Offensively he would fit well, but he wouldn’t get the same big contracts I feel as he did in his era.

Coxy · Post #13 » by **Coxy** » Sat May 16, 2020 12:38 pm

Chris Mullin averahed 2.2 3pt FGA's per game for his entire career, and that includes his early years to his later Indy years. At his peak, he was almost 3 per game at great %. If he had the green light to act as a Klay like shooter with ball handling and smarts ability, look out. Add in the square based miltary style haircut, and we have a cult hero superstar on our hands baby. If he even was given a quicker grren light to the tune of 6/7 x 3 point attempts per game with his smarts ability, man, he would have been insane.