Bay Area Sports Blogging

Austin Croshere is my new favorite Warrior. He plays a smart game, an intelligent game. He can spread the floor on offense, rebound the ball with efficiency and just knows how to play the game.

But, if you give Cro even an inkling of light, he'll snatch the opportunity and throw down a rim-shaking, mamma-jamma dunk! In Portland during garbage time, he went up high for a rattling put-back slam.

The other day, in Minnesota, he received a pass under the basket from Davis. No Wolves player could block his shot, he can pretty much lay it off the glass. Instead, he rises up and goes for a reverse dunk!

Later in the game, he had Jefferson guarding him at the 3pt line and drove by him. If another player hadn't poked the ball out of his hands, you could tell he was going to leap from the middle of paint and try a one-handed windmill dunk.

In essence, that is what I like about a player. Someone who can play smart when the game is on the line, but have a bit of fun when the game has been decided.

Starting: Davis, Ellis, Jackson, Harrington, Biedrins
Bench: Barnes, Azubuike, O'Bryant, Wright, Hudson (inj), Croshere, Perovic, Pietrus, Belinelli, Watson

Starting: Tinsley, Dunleavy Jr., Granger, O'Neal, Foster
Bench: Diener, Rush, Daniels, Diogu, Murphy, Graham, Owens, Williams