More from RealGM
 Golden State Warriors WiretapWarriors LinksNews Archive
NBA News
Ex-player, assistant Higgins rejoining Warriors as scoutThe Warriors are bringing back former player and assistant coach Rod Higgins, according to general manager Garry St. Jean. Higgins, a Warriors assistant coach from 1994-2000, primarily will be responsible for college scouting. On Aug. 2, Higgins left the Washington Wizards, where he was assistant general manager for three years. Higgins and the Wizards mutually agreed to part company in the wake of general manager Ernie Grunfeld's hiring June 30. Higgins was hired by Michael Jordan, then Washington's president of basketball operations, after the 1999-2000 season. Jordan wanted his former Chicago Bulls teammate Higgins sooner. In late January 2000, Jordan sought permission from the Warriors to hire Higgins as coach, but the Warriors wouldn't allow Higgins out of his assistant coaching contract without compensation. Higgins also played seven seasons with the Warriors. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Murphy devotes off-season to his 3-point shootingThe plan isn't to have people confuse Troy Murphy for Chris Mullin. The idea is to have opposing power forwards and centers wondering why they're standing 20 feet from the basket. "I'm happy that I'm making the 3-point shot a part of my game," Murphy said. "It's one thing to guard somebody at 17, 18 feet, but it's another to guard them at 22, 23 feet." With training camp opening today in Hawaii, the Golden State Warriors can reflect on a busy summer. Through free agency and trades, only five players remain from last year's team. Of the holdovers, there have been trade rumors and off-court distractions. The only certainty at the Warriors prac- tice facility has been Murphy. Five days a week, Murphy has been hitting the weights, honing his skills and developing a 3-point shot that should make him a more complete offensive threat. "There's no other place where I could have this kind of facility and the coaches around all summer to work out with me every day," Murphy said. For his efforts, his new3-point shot and work ethic have been one of the hot topics as the Warriors open training camp. "I don't know anybody who works as hard as Troy Murphy," general manager Garry St. Jean said. "When you commit yourself that diligently, good things will happen for you. "He's always had the good touch, but now he looks so much more confident from further out." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Young Warriors out to prove somethingTroy Murphy read news accounts of the Warriors' offseason moves and listened to reaction on talk radio -- but not too much of the latter, he said, because otherwise he would have been overcome with road rage. His assessment of the general skepticism? "It's a slap in the face to me along with the other guys who have been here to say that by making these trades, the Warriors are taking steps back and going downhill,'' Murphy said the other day, shortly before working out with special assistant Chris Mullin at the team's practice facility. "I think the Warriors have taken a lot of garbage in the press about it, but I think they're good moves. And we're going to prove that.'' The starting power forward will not have to wait long. The Warriors begin training camp this week in Laie, Hawaii, putting aside a hectic offseason and launching their quest to halt a nine-year playoff drought, the longest active streak in the NBA. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Warriors Sep 2003 Archive
|
