Warriors already regretting Magg's signing?

A 20ppg scorer is questioned.

FTW. Vicious but true.

The old “Headless Horseman” analogy. We all saw that, right?

The grass is slightly greener….their record is still better than ours.

$10 mil a year for guy that relentlessly get’s to the line is not really overpaying. Was it dumb for the Warriors to throw him that Money when they have SJax, Buke, and 4 other SG/SF’s? Yes. Sadly, this “trade” of BDiddy for Maggs has not worked out well so far for either team. Clips are thin at SF/SG, and the W’s need Baron. Nonetheless, BDiddy’s salary is much higher, so we can only hope that BDiddy can lead our team to the promised land.

Always fun to talk about Maggs. Maggettifesto time! I just like saying it, and remembering the bad old good old days.

Warriors overpaid for Maggette. Not by a whole lot, but just enough that it will complicate things for them over time.

I think that as Clipper fans we all knew Maggs’ drawbacks. The question, back in the day, wasn’t whether Maggs was a complete player, but whether he or QRoss should be the starter. It shows a real weakness in Maggs, and the odd way in which his game is actually very limited, that he wasn’t very good coming off the bench. It didn’t help that the Clips were routinely behind when he came in the game, but that’s a different matter.

For me, I would always say that Maggs is a very solid starter and scorer, but you have to surround him with other good players. Kaman, Brand, Mobley and Cassell were a nice mix. He played well alongside Bobby Simmons. It helps when the other wing does all of the little things and has a high BBall IQ, because you’re not going to get that from Maggs.

So it’s very foolish for GSW to be disappointed or surprised. He’s doing exactly what it was obvious that he was going to do. The Warriors need inspired play from Biedrins and it seems like they should be getting more out of Turiaf, and they need Ellis back, although I don’t really know what’s going on with them. But Maggs was never going to be a saviour.

One reason we know this, after watching Maggs so closely over the years, is that he didn’t step up last year, when Brand was out and he was the obvious primary option. There was a real opportunity for Maggs to establish himself as a borderline all-star player last year, he was going to get all the minutes, touches, and shots he could want. And yet he still somehow got off to a very slow start, which was downplayed somewhat because Kaman was so outstanding. Maggs eventually began to put up a long string of solid play and very good numbers, but a lot of it was in semi-tank, semi-respectable mode. And it was just enough to get him a nice deal when the GSW capspace opened up. He’s a good guy and a hard worker and I’m happy that he got paid, but he has limited value on a basketball team.

One interesting way to look at it is through how elite players can make themselves much better at some facet of the game during the offseason. Maggs started as an athlete, and after he joined the Clippers he worked very hard and turned himself into an amazingly efficient scorer, a guy who can score 20 points on 5 shots on any given night.

But once he reached that point, he never added anything else to his game. I suppose he has been trying to turn himself into a better 3 point shooter, but he’s only gotten so far with that. There was a real opportunity for him to turn himself into an outstanding rebounder, since he has the size and strength to do it, and a big part of it is a question of will. With Brand out, it would have served the team, and Maggs would have done well to establish himself as a big, strong SF who can play some PF as well. The basic challenge: can you do this better than Tim Thomas? Perhaps the fact that Kaman was rebounding so well took away some incentive. At any rate, it appears that this idea of a specific categorical improvement never crossed Maggs’ mind. It’s not what he does or who he is. He put his game together, worked hard to do it and still works hard, and that’s it.

It’s too bad. It’s too bad for Maggs, and for GSW, but it is what it is. Have to say at this point that I don’t miss him at all. Really enjoyed his play for a long time and enjoyed watching him grow and get better, but was disappointed when he plateaued.