Warriors Mighty Run Comes to An End

This will be the last post for this year on the Warriors. The mighty run we have made in the last two months has been phenonmenal. The Warriors fought neck to neck but eventually lost it.

What is frustrating is that emotion takes over discipline for this team. The team had their chances to win and in those moments instead of taking easy disciplined two pointers, or drives inside, they died by the three pointer. Instead of keeping their composure they had to argue with the referrees, check folks to the ground. Even when the heavens blessed them with 5 missed free throws for the technicals they were unable to convert and take advantage. The Warriors fell apart again in the fourth quarter. Steven Jackson had 2 technicals and a flagrant while Barnes fouled out as well. How do you help your team when you get thrown out of a game? If you are upset make someone pay on the court not in a street fight. Come on grow up and find some composure and play like a disciplined team! That is what this team needs to find in the off season and I must question if the folks we have on this team are good for this organization in the long run.

My personalized jersey still has not arrived, I guess I can tell them not to rush that anymore. But the spirit of the Warriors will live on when I'm on the court, the fight, the under dogs the fun of the game. Go Warriors and thanks for the show and for coming this far! You put up a great fight!

Hard Foul on Steve Nash What is This World Coming To?

Look at Robert Horry's hard foul on Nash that was way street. No matter how you put it, basketball is a street game no if and or buts around this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0qe7PGCQvI

All I have to say is that I believe! Go Warriors! With our backs to the wall don't underestimate an underdog! Steal one in their house and someone's gotta pay!

Warriors Suffer Huge Loss Down 3 - 1 in Series

The Warriors have fought and fought and for most of the game and hung in with the Jazz despite horrible play. There is no doubt that Baron Davis was shut down to only 15 points and he was handled like we handled Nowitzki. That being said the rest of the team should have stepped up to aid the Captain; this never happened. Their go to player Steven Jackson who destroyed the Mav's with his outside 3 point shooting was hitting nothing outside this entire series. It was good of him to recognize this however his adjustment was to drive into walls of bigger defenders and look to draw the foul everytime. On top of that when the calls did not come he laid on the ground and did not get back on defense. The next key would have been Jason Richardson who only had 7 points was completely shut down. Al Harrington did step up with 24 points and 4 3 pointers but he fouled out of the game. Monta Ellis also had a mediocre night as he continues to disappoint with turnovers and the inability to be affective with only 15 points. A-lot of one on one basketball, horrible free throw shooting, missing outside shots and a continued rebounding problem. This team got slowed down and they are exhausted.

Taking a step back these have all been awesome exciting close nail biting games that have been simply too exciting to watch. I want to continue to believe but I don't know what else we have in the tank. When we lose a game we start throwing fits and getting thrown out of games. We start elbowing our opponents and flagrant foul them. We become that street team that we love when we win and hate when we lose. Could we come back and win 3 more games 2 in Utah and 1 here at home? As much as I want to believe, my thoughts are that we might pull one more out at best but we are the Warriors anything is possible. I will wear my Warriors shirt tomorrow anyways but will I stay home to watch this game? I will tivo it, I can't bear to watch.

Again the Warriors have come a long way and thanks for the exciting playoff run. Go Warriors!

Warriors Take Game 3 in the Second Round!

So I know more Warriors talk but Warrior fever has taken over the Bay Area! All the points I mentioned in the last blog, the Warriors built on! They subbed more folks into the lineup to keep Baron fresh. They started hitting their 3's and making free throws! Beidrens was grabbing rebounds instead of the volleyball tap and oh yeah they were playing at home! You must admit that the Warriors were close in Games 1 and 2 and at home they will be unstoppable. Hopefully they carry this momentum on Sunday and then win again in Utah on Tuesday and take it at home on Thursday. Most likely though this will stretch to game 7. My money is on the Warriors!

Check out Baron's monster dunk ghetto style, shirt up, with a technical, but who cares! Oh My!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv3H1bpyWfw

Warriors Exhausted in the Fight

Game 1 and 2 have both been very disappointing games yet still great games to watch. Game 1 we were so close with a loss of 4 points. This was one another great game to add to a wonderful playoff run that continues onward. The Warriors have a team here that is playing a-lot like they are. Fast breaks, shooting 3’s and also getting inside.

Warriors Game 2 was a very tough loss for the team. They had the game in the 4th quarter but a Baron missed free throw gave the Jazz hope and sent this game to overtime. All those things that we have been yelling at the TV in the last few weeks are now all coming together to hurt the team. Biedrens work out grab a board! Don’t live and die by the 3! Make your free throws! Someone other than Baron do something! Guard the 3 pointer! Everything came crashing down last night. The team still could not grab a rebound to save their life. Biedrens is 6’11” and he doesn’t have the strength to box people out. He does this odd volleyball tap which at 6’11 I don’t really get at all. The whole team went cold on the outside 3 pointers, they just weren’t going in. The defenders have been leaving 3 feet of open space for folks to shoot 3’s since the Dallas series. Only difference was that Dallas was missing them and we were getting lucky. Take a look at the Utah team, mostly European players and those guys are just fundamental. They beat us with the simple pick and roll and penetrated inside at will. On top of that how do you play in the NBA and miss free throws? Then the bench, we have no one on the bench that is stepping up and we have Baron carrying this team on his back and he can’t keep doing that. He already hit 36 points what else can you do!

Playing these players 45 minutes with a 6 man rotation is a very tiring game when you are getting beat up on the court. We need the bench to step up and get some fresh legs. Either way the Warriors are truly fighting for every point, every play they have so much heart. Go Warriors! Take game 3 and 4 at home Warriors! Thanks for the great games!

Cisco Accused of Discrimination

The San Jose Mercury News posted this article today on the subject and I have a-lot of thoughts on this. If those of you think that I am going to testify to this happening to me I am not, just a few observations on the subject.

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_5860883

As a former employee of this company for 6 years I do have some insight from my own experiences. On paper this company is the most diverse company out there. The great thing about metrics is that one can bend them anyway they please to tell whatever story they'd like to tell.

Let's look at the numbers from the Mercury News today:

"The company had 28,501 employees in the United States last year; of that, 12,230 or 43 percent were members of minority groups - a 7 percent increase from the previous year, according to data provided Wednesday by Cisco. In 2006, the company employed 78 Native American/Native Alaskan workers, up 5.4 percent from the previous year; 1,242 Hispanics, up 8 percent from the previous year; 10,152 of Asian ancestry, up 6 percent from the previous year; and 758 African-Americans, up 12 percent from the previous year."

There are two views of the world; the "San Jose" and the "Remote" views. My thoughts here are that there are probably more issues in certain remote sites than in San Jose. It is very well possible that certain offices need to be audited and checked for such practices.

Looking at numbers I'd say percentage increases are really a joke. 78 Native Americans up 5.4% from last year wow! Doing the math, they went from 74 to 78 big deal. 1,242 Hispanics up 8 percent, again out of 28,501 what is 1,242? 758 African Americans what in the world, no wonder there are 3 complaints from this group.

Now this 10,152 43% of the companies Asian ancestry decent needs to be broken down, in many ways this is the untold story of hiring practices. It goes beyond the walls of classic minority discrimination but dives deeper into practices strongly favoring one group over another minority group. Take a walk around the company during lunch hour in the engineering departments in San Jose and you will know in 2 minutes what I mean. There are certain minority groups that block and take over entire departments and only hire folks from their own ethnicity backgrounds. Then what results is a battle between whoever is left and favoritism abounds; friends and fellows from the same backgrounds leave everyone else with crappy projects, no raises, no promotions and crappy jobs. Then the remote sites and San Jose fight for some kind of balance of power and the endless cycle continues. I would say there is even reverse discrimination occurring where hiring someone from ones' own background plays a big part in the hiring process and that is unfair hiring.

Vitamin Water Commercial

As if we needed more folks making fun of badminton. =)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfwqSBWDW_A

Warriors Heavy Upset on Dallas Game 6 At Home!!!

Imagine your first time in a luxury suite at AT&T Park with Barry chasing Hank Aaron’s home run record. Walking along the well maintained halls of Oracle sponsored suites. You enter Suite 62 with a direct view past third base and onto home plate. Barry seems within arms reach and you are surrounded by lovely catered food, fruits and beverages. As you enter you are in an immaculate room with couches, a plasma television and bar stools. I quickly run out through the glass doors and take a seat in the covered outside section from the rain and what do I do? I am watching the Warriors game, along with everyone else at the Giants Philly game during Game 6 Warriors vs. Mav’s.

Let’s talk Giants first, being down 9 – 2, they mounted quite a comeback closing the game out at 9 – 7. Go Alfonso for hitting a triple clutch play! Barry was taken out in the 4th and no home runs. Enough on the Giants.

History was made last night and I knew of at least two friends at the game. The Warriors played a crappy first half leading only 50 – 48 at the half. To make matters worse, Baron Davis went out in the first with an injury and Dallas was also raining 3’s! In the second half Baron probably shot up with painkillers was gimping around the court but playing with heart! Steven Jackson then took it over by Baron’s request! When your team Captain is down and hurting and he asks you for help, you find a way to step up that’s a heart of a champion. Hitting 7 3 point shots he was unstoppable with 33 points at the end of the night. Jackson’s defence on Dirk was spotless as Dallas’s outside shots started to bounce off the rim and they struggled in scoring. Barnes took it up strong for a huge dunk right down the middle. This Warriors team was simply unstoppable and beyond reason one of the greatest games in NBA history. Not only did we win at home, we blew them out with a final score of 111 – 86 by 25 points! The number 1 seed, with only 15 losses during the season and the best record in basketball and with MVP Dirk with only 8 points. Go Warriors and onto round 2!

Once we have the final schedules I will see about predictions. From a high level if we play Houston I think we will roll nicely through them since there is no way that Yao is going to be able to keep up with the Warriors. As much as I love Yao, sorry man we don’t play half court slow basketball. We play hard and take it to you!
If we play Utah we will have a little tougher time but I still feel that we will take them. My worry is on round 3, playing the Spurs or the Suns will not be an easy feet. But I will sit back and enjoy this ride! Go Warriors!

Warriors Game 5 A Mighty Great Stand!

First off I would like to give a big thanks to the Warriors organization and team for making a difference in the lives of every fan in the Bay Area. For me I work 10 – 12 hours a day in my day job and the next 4 -5 hours left of my day at a second job that takes up the rest of my time on weekdays and all my weekends. I’m up at 6:30AM and crash at 12AM working to make a living in this bay area. Other than of course the joy of seeing my beautiful wife, at times life is tough; dealing with the politics of people in general and working hard and it is so refreshing to have a playoff game for us to take time to go home and be ecstatic about! Thanks Warriors, Sharks and KNBR!

A big thanks to Patrick for having me at Katie Blooms in Campbell where we found ourselves with a room full of Warriors fans and watching another electrifying game in the series! Compared to some of the games in the East, this round 1 game series has the luster of finals! I expected the Warriors to lose a close game since it was in Dallas but boy I didn’t think they’d have such a great chance at winning this game!

The Warriors started out real slow with the Mav’s leading as much as 21 points! The first quarter was filled with ticky tacky fouls but it eased up later in the game. Our defence was taunting, anytime anyone came in the paint they were on the ground! The Warriors came back and did a 30 point swing to lead by 9 with 3 minutes to go in the game! They were raining 3 pointers like no tomorrow and 5 starters all in double digits wow! I don’t remember the last time the Warriors could rain 3’s like they have. But the key to all of this is that they were confident and they wanted this real bad. When you are the underdog with a team that is clicking eye of the tiger no pain!

What I don’t understand is how body slamming Baron Davis is just one technical and clapping gets two technical’s. Some odd conspiracy to draw this out to one more game or to give Dallas a chance. Some really lame calls quite interesting when you look at it.

In the final stretch the team just needed to slow down! With 3 minutes to go and up 9 they kept throwing up 3’s and taking bad shots. As emotional and on fire as they were, clock management like in football is critical and I am sure Thursday’s game will not be mismanaged. I am excited for the Warriors to pull this out at home. There is no explaining how loud our fans are going to be and it will be VERY hard to beat this team in their own house. Positives of this game definitely were the 30 point swing, astounding defence, great rebounding and excellent 3 point shooting. GO WARRIORS!

Also a big thanks to KNBR for drawing my name at In & Out for a couple of Sabercat tickets!

What Do You Eat For Lunch?

Some of you might have a salad or a sandwich for lunch. What do I do? I see the cooks slicing the rack of lamb and I ask the head chef; "Do you mind if I ate the whole rack on my own? I'll take care of the cutting." Then he swung by about every 3 minutes to see if I could finish and let everyone know that I was doing this! Boom 15 minutes I was done with it! Enjoy!