After some hard work in the offseason, it looks like Randolph is out of Nellie's doghouse and into the starting lineup.

The seemingly senile 79 year old Warriors head coach, Don Nelson, made a statement yesterday, saying he wanted to work for free one year after his current contract expired. So he would be with the team for the 2011-2012 season. I personally like  the idea, considering we could do far worse at the coaching position, and how can you pass anything up that’s free! In his second tenure with the team he has show that he is the only good coach we’ve had over the past two decades as he’s led us to the playoffs in both tenures!  He said he wanted to give something back to the franchise, which surprises me because he’s made us more successful than we knew possible earlier this decade! Also, I’m very weary of a guy that sued his former boss (Mark Cuban) for not paying him while he slowly handed the reigns of the Mavericks over to Avery Johnson, and seemed to disappear at the end of his time there. I know Nellie likes to make a lot of outrageous statements, and this may not be any exception, but he must see some potential in this young core the Warriors currently have. This was his statement as he spoke to President Robert Rowell;

“I told him that I would like to give the Warriors one more year (beyond the contract) that will cost the team nothing,” Nelson said. “Whether it’s coaching or carrying bags, whatever, it doesn’t matter. I’ll give one more year to say ‘thanks,’ and ‘I appreciate the extension.’ ” For the whole article in the SF Chronicle.

I think Warrior nation will be fine with this, as long as we don’t start dumping off our youthful talent like we always do.

Nellie isn't a spring chicken, not sure why he wants to lock up work through his 82nd bday...

Nellie must like the current configuration or he wouldn’t have offered to stick around to watch them grow. Maybe he does have a soft spot for the younger guys more than I thought. He also stated our starting four for the upcoming season, and it looks like there will be a good battle for the fifth spot. He said that Ellis, Jackson, Randolph, and Biendris will start. There are four guys that could get that final spot that will be decided between Morrow, Wright, Azubuike, and Curry. Maggette being their 6th man. I can’t believe he put Curry into the starting mix, after years of out casting rookies! Maybe he has a bigger man crush on Curry than I do… If they somehow unload Jackson, which Nellie stated they are trying to do, this will be the youngest starting group in the NBA. Keep your heads up Warriors fans, at least we have a coach that wants to be here, well he says he does anyways.