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It has been a rough off season for Golden State Warriors fans. Baron Davis left the Bay for Los Angelas' lesser team, Monta Ellis and CJ Watson are out for next week's season opener, and we're all still reeling from having a 48-34 season and not making the playoffs. Narrowly, the Dubs missed a chance at history two years in a row by tanking at the end of the year and narrowly failing to win 50 games; thus becoming the first team to win 50 games and not make the playoffs.

It hasn't all been bad: GSW did well at the draft and picked up Anthony Randolph out of LSU, and signed Corey Maggette to a lucrative 5-year deal. Ronny Turiaf came over from the Lakers and Marcus Williams was traded from New Jersey for a future first round draft pick. Monta and Biedrins both got resigned for six more years for figures in the $60 millions, and we've still got Azubuike. Richard Hendrix, a second round draft pick, is also rounding out the '08-'09 squad.

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Part of being a fan of the Warriors is dealing with heartbreakingly narrow losses and aggrivating lead switches. Any NBA fan knows that once you stick to a team, there is a certain amount of sleep to lose over it. Tonight was another one of those nights where perhaps pessimism had most fans not expecting what the Dubs ended up putting out; and once everyone was out of their seats for a season-opener win, Chris Paul and the Hornets swarmed back in to beat Golden State 108-105.

This is encouraging for Warriors fans. New Orleans was the first NBA team in six years to get through the preseason undefeated. Chris Paul is dominating as usual, tonight putting up 21 points and 11 assists. David West had 24 points as well, so it's pretty obvious that New Orleans were on their game tonight. On the flipside, Corey Maggette scored 27 points in his Warriors debut, which is nothing but exciting. I miss Baron Davis, especially on a night like tonight, just as much as any fan, but if Maggette can throw down as well as he did tonight, especially once Monta is back, there's going to be some dangerous offense on this club.

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