Author Topic: Anybody read the story (rumor) about the Warriors trying to get Baron back?  (Read 1020 times)

Offline WayOutWest

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The story is on ESPN Insider, which is a pay service, so I don't know what the story is about.  Supposedly it's SJax leading the choir of "Bring back B.D.!"
"History shouldn't be a mystery"
"Our story is real history"
"Not his story"

"My people's culture was strong, it was pure"
"And if not for that white greed"
"It would've endured"

"Laker hate causes blindness"

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Ok...sounds like egg nog BS....I found this article on Truehoop:

Baron Davis Has Buyer's Remorse

December 29, 2008 11:14 AM


Posted by Kevin Arnovitz

How much of Baron Davis' homecoming to Los Angeles was predicated on Elton Brand's presence on the left block remains a mystery.  Davis has been politic when asked about whether Brand left him in the lurch by signing with the Sixers after Davis inked his deal with the Clippers.   On the court, Davis has struggled.  He's shooting below 37% from the field, and his rebounding and FTA numbers are down precipitously.

Now there's word from Davis' former teammate, Stephen Jackson, that the Clippers' point guard would love nothing more than to press rewind on the past six months and return to Oakland.  From Marcus Thompson II at the San Jose Merc:

The Warriors came to Hollywood a day before Sunday's game, giving Stephen Jackson a chance Saturday to hang out with former teammate Baron Davis. And discuss the possibility of Davis rejoining the Warriors.

"That's all we talked about," Jackson said. "I went to his house, spent some time with his mom and his grandmother. He wants to come back. And if he wants to come back, I want him back." Davis opted out of the final year of his Warriors contract in July and signed a five-year, $65 million contract with the Los Angeles Clippers, who are 8-21.

It is feasible that the Warriors and the Clippers could pull off a deal. It would have to involve Warriors forward Corey Maggette (for salary-cap reasons) and/or guard Jamal Crawford (to make room in the backcourt).

Clippers owner Donald Sterling said last season that he had wanted Maggette around long term.

"I think that would be great for us," Jackson said. "Coach (Don Nelson) loves him. Him and (guard) Monta (Ellis) have good chemistry. If they could work that out, that would be great for the organization."

From Davis' body language, it's clear he's unhappy in Mike Dunleavy's system.  But it's also clear that the Clippers have little interest in reacquiring Corey Maggette.  Hypotheticals have a funny way of flourishing when you're visiting with old friends over the holidays.  Once the soft lights come down and the world resumes its workaday rhythm, those conversations recede pretty quickly.
"History shouldn't be a mystery"
"Our story is real history"
"Not his story"

"My people's culture was strong, it was pure"
"And if not for that white greed"
"It would've endured"

"Laker hate causes blindness"

Offline jn

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Are we looking at some sort of tampering issues here or does that only apply if the front office is involved?
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Stephen Jackson has a big mouth and writers don't bother to check their sources...lots of stuff over at the hoopshype rumors page today - for this to even be a consideration dunleavy and rovell (or whatever his name is) would have to be out at the respective teams - mullin was over ruled when trying to give b-davis fat contract - by the other guy in charge who hates b-davis.

This is the media trying to create some interest in two teams no one cares about