Deadline Headlines

1) Antawn Jamison might get a ring! That'd be fantastic. One of the league's truly nice people, and the first good player in the Cohan era to commit to staying in Golden State (for all the good it did him). When the playoffs begin, we are all Ohioans.

2) A million teams did things, the Warriors didn't. And that's just fine. It would've been nice to dump Maggette's contract or get some value for CJ, but it's much nicer to know that Randolph, Biedrins, Monta et al are safe for the time being.

3) That's not to say that this deadline didn't hurt the Warriors a bit. The Kings, Clippers, Grizzlies, Blazers and Rockets -- seeds #8, #9, #11, #12 and #13, in a conference where the Warriors are #14 -- significantly helped their futures this week. Thoughts of competing in the West are more fanciful than ever. Only the Wolves have a darker outlook than the Dubs, and even they could sprint ahead with the right amount of Ricky Rubio Pixie Dust™.

4) Talk of a Mayo-for-Monta offer that the Warriors turned down has been racing around the Oakland-area Internet. As strange as it sounds to say, this is pretty much a non-story. Mayo would neither significantly help nor significantly hurt the Warriors going forward... that trade would be a real lateral shrug of a move, that wouldn't come close to undoing all the ills that Nellie hath wrought. And seeing as Monta is a Memphis pseudo-local, and neither team will be a buyer this summer, it's trade that can easily be revisited in the future. Dubs fans, we have bigger things to worry about.

5) Larry Riley needs to get rid of Raja Bell, ASAP. The Warriors' desire to re-sign him is cute, but he's just not going to extend with a crappy, swing-heavy team... at some point, you have to acknowledge reality and see sunk costs for what they are. It's time to buy the guy out and go fishing in the D-League for another prospect. If you're building for the future, do so honestly.