Wild Wild West
In keeping with my pessimistic outlook (until proven otherwise of course) is the news from yesterday's SF chronicle that Jason Richardson may indeed miss the season opener against the Lakers. Now for more than selfish reasons (I will be there opening night) the Dubs cannot afford to be without Richardson for too long. They were 4-12 against their Pacific Division rivals last year. Which was the second worse intra-divisional record other than Houston going 1-15 against the Southwest.
I bring this up because the Warriors play the Lakers, a Pacific division rival on opening night. The Dubs play the games against the Lakers, Blazers, Jazz and Hornets (twice) within the first 9 days of the season. These are all teams that the Dubs will have to beat at home and are most likely competing against for the the 7th and 8th playoff spot. Hopefully Richardson will not be out very many games, because he will be counted on this season to bring his typical 23 and 6 a night. However, Kobe Bryant has missed the entire preseason as well, and news out of Sacrament today, indicates that Mike Bibby will miss at least the first two weeks of the regular season.
In other news, the Dubshack kept their current meaningless winning streak alive by beating the Clip Show on Friday night. However, both teams were without many regular season starters, most probably because neither coach, (Nelly and BigDun) would want to show their hand (so to speak/write) against the rival team. It should be noted that the Raiders were undefeated in preseason this year.
Next Game: Tuesday night against the Jail Blazers at.......... The Oracle in Oakland.
I bring this up because the Warriors play the Lakers, a Pacific division rival on opening night. The Dubs play the games against the Lakers, Blazers, Jazz and Hornets (twice) within the first 9 days of the season. These are all teams that the Dubs will have to beat at home and are most likely competing against for the the 7th and 8th playoff spot. Hopefully Richardson will not be out very many games, because he will be counted on this season to bring his typical 23 and 6 a night. However, Kobe Bryant has missed the entire preseason as well, and news out of Sacrament today, indicates that Mike Bibby will miss at least the first two weeks of the regular season.
In other news, the Dubshack kept their current meaningless winning streak alive by beating the Clip Show on Friday night. However, both teams were without many regular season starters, most probably because neither coach, (Nelly and BigDun) would want to show their hand (so to speak/write) against the rival team. It should be noted that the Raiders were undefeated in preseason this year.
Next Game: Tuesday night against the Jail Blazers at.......... The Oracle in Oakland.
posted by DailyDub at 3:17 PM
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