Murph, The Masked Man
Poor Troy Murphy. If he wasn't already Oafie enough, things got progressively worse for the big fella as Zach Randolph (Zeebo) delivered an inadvertant forearm shiver to the face in Tuesday night's game. Murphy broke his nose for the third time in life, and underwent surgery yesterday to get it straighted out.
Murphy is scheduled to miss at least the next two preseason games down at Staples center in Los Angeles tonight against the New Orleans Hornets and Saturday against either the Lake show or the Clip Show.
While this doesn't bode well for the team as they try to gain an identity in their new small ball way of living, it will provide an opportunity for......among others Ike Diogu, Patrick O'Bryant and Andris Biedrins.
Perhaps yesterday's post predicting the beginning of the end of Ike was a bit premature. Hopefully he can contribute in a positive manner for the Dubs to earn more tick as the season get under way for real. The loss of Murphy however underscores how thin the Dubs are in their frontline. If he were to miss significant time during the regular season, the dubs would be foreced to rely on an extremely young and raw reserves that were mentioned above. According to the SF Chronicle today, one player who still will not be inserted into the regular rotation even with the loss of Murphy is Adonal Foyle. Coach Nelson insists that he is still two heavy, and possibly not skilled enough to contribute the way the coach would like.
On a positive note, make sure to check out Brian Meehan's take on the Warriors/Blazers game from Tuesday night. Meehan pointed out that while Blazer Coach Nate McMillan had game planned to pound the ball into the post and take advantage of Blazers strength and size down low, in reality, the mismatches caused by the Warriors small ball line up forced McMillan to abaondon his plan in order to match with the smaller line up the Dubs were running on the court.
Nelson is a master of mis-matches, and the Warriors are obviously pinning their hopes for this season that he can exploit them on a nightly basis. As Meehan pointed out, Randolph had difficulty shadowing Dunleavy on the perimeter, and while one preseason outburst by LilDun can not yet justify 5 years at 8 million per, it is an encouraging indication that the Dubs may be onto something with this Nellie Ball
Murphy is scheduled to miss at least the next two preseason games down at Staples center in Los Angeles tonight against the New Orleans Hornets and Saturday against either the Lake show or the Clip Show.
While this doesn't bode well for the team as they try to gain an identity in their new small ball way of living, it will provide an opportunity for......among others Ike Diogu, Patrick O'Bryant and Andris Biedrins.
Perhaps yesterday's post predicting the beginning of the end of Ike was a bit premature. Hopefully he can contribute in a positive manner for the Dubs to earn more tick as the season get under way for real. The loss of Murphy however underscores how thin the Dubs are in their frontline. If he were to miss significant time during the regular season, the dubs would be foreced to rely on an extremely young and raw reserves that were mentioned above. According to the SF Chronicle today, one player who still will not be inserted into the regular rotation even with the loss of Murphy is Adonal Foyle. Coach Nelson insists that he is still two heavy, and possibly not skilled enough to contribute the way the coach would like.
On a positive note, make sure to check out Brian Meehan's take on the Warriors/Blazers game from Tuesday night. Meehan pointed out that while Blazer Coach Nate McMillan had game planned to pound the ball into the post and take advantage of Blazers strength and size down low, in reality, the mismatches caused by the Warriors small ball line up forced McMillan to abaondon his plan in order to match with the smaller line up the Dubs were running on the court.
Nelson is a master of mis-matches, and the Warriors are obviously pinning their hopes for this season that he can exploit them on a nightly basis. As Meehan pointed out, Randolph had difficulty shadowing Dunleavy on the perimeter, and while one preseason outburst by LilDun can not yet justify 5 years at 8 million per, it is an encouraging indication that the Dubs may be onto something with this Nellie Ball
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