• A recap of Friday's win by the excellent Adam Lauridsen. Some points in here strike me as less-supported than others -- I haven't noticed Maggette struggling on the boards, for instance, and C.J.'s shown a ton more late-game poise in his Warriors career than Curry has -- but overall, very good and clear-headed stuff. Lauridsen is the prominent Warriors pundit with whom we most often seem to agree.
• Geoff Lepper's strategy to get Monta into the All-Star Game. I'd actually rather not see Monta named an All-Star; I don't want his current flawed approach to be cemented with a nod, and Lord knows it'd be nice to see the dude get a couple days of rest. But if you do want him to get there, Geoff's logic seems sound.
• A morbidly entertaining recap of our loss in Denver, courtesy of Ethan at 1984 Watch. He makes an excellent point about the (ab?)use of Turiaf, a point upon which we hope to expound soon.
• A lengthy comparison of CJ and Curry over at Chris Cohan Sucks. Chris is not known for his understatement -- he's even more vehement about Curry's shortcomings than I am -- but it's fun and well-written stuff. Always worth a read.
• Some Warriors talk at the APBRmetrics forum. Topic starts with me re-hashing some points we've made here, but don't worry -- actual smart people start chiming in quickly.
• The box scores at Basketball Reference now feature Four Factors and other fun nerdy data. Now we can reminisce, for instance, about how Portland outsmarted us in every facet of the game eight days ago.
• An oldie but goodie: Dave Berri's measured evisceration of Nellie's smallball tactics over at Wages Of Wins. Written in August, it covers last year's smallball foibles, not this year's. The best (and one of the only) examinations of Nellie's recent performance by a widely-known stathead.
• Speaking of oldies but goodies, it's been a while since I watched Baron pie Monta in the face. Monta is so bothered for so long! This is what the current season must feel like: unending agony, with some asshole in a sportcoat leering at you.
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