Golden State Made A Big Mistake

They are winless after five games to start the season with no sign of improvement. The GM of the Warriors, Chris Mullin, received much of the credit for assembling a young, athletic, and cohesive unit that became the Cinderella team of last year's playoffs. Mullin made some unbelievable moves in the sort time as GM such as picking out underrated players such as Monta Ellis, Andris Biedrins, and Matt Barnes. Then he convinced Don Nelson to come out of retirement and coach his team. But all these progressive moves made by Mullin was made insignificant to his decision to trade former All-Star Jason Richardson to the Charlotte Bobcats for Brandon Wright. How could he make this mistake?

So it appears his logic behind this decision was within the strategy he used when assembling this team in the first place. This strategy is simple yet hard to accomplish. Assemble a young, talented team that can develop together as a unit to win a championship. Mullin traded away his most important piece of his team. Granted, Baron Davis is the franchise star making the big bucks to win the big games. But Richardson made life easier for Baron. He was a big guard who could shoot the outside shot, drive to the whole like few can in the league, and most importantly he had a post up game where inferior guards were at his mercy. So Mullin threw away the success of today for a shot at assembling a team that sticks together and progresses towards an NBA title. For his sake, i hope it works out. But if he traded away Richardson due to old age why keep Baron Davis? He has a bad knee and is worth more now on the market than he ever will be in the future.