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The Laziest Starting 5: Golden State Warriors Edition

Bennett Spector by Analyst Written on August 31, 2009
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There have been some lazy Warriors in the past but these 5 players take the cake. Whether its parking it behind the arc or sulking on the bench while racking in fat contract dollars, the Warriors are the king of laziness.

A lack of talent has never been the problem for Golden State, well it has, but a lot of it comes down to relaxing on defense and throwing the ball at the rim every time you touch it.

Take a look at the laziest of the lazy from the Warriors' past.

No. 21 Danny Fortson

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Ghetto is an understatement when describing Danny Fortson. He always looked great with a towel draped over his mini worm dreadlocks. His version of boxing out was throwing an elbow. Truly a great Warrior.

No. 34 Chris Mills

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Chris Mills is the prototype for the lazy Warrior. I don't want to say that he couldn't stroke because he definitely could....But he played zero defense and would park his fat ass in the corner waiting for a pass.

The only time he wasn't lazy was when he was blocking the Blazer's team bus in hopes of having a pseudo NBA-gang war.

No. 3 Donyell Marshall

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The picture on the right really sums up Donyell's career with golden state. Donyell was very similar to Chris Mills in that they both loved taking ill-advised shots.

When he wasn't hucking up clankers, Mr. Marshall could often be found hunched over, hands on the knees, gasping for air.

No. 25 Erick Dampier

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Oh Erick. His best numbers were with the Warriors but besides his final (contract year) with GSW, his FG% was horrendous.

I'll admit he loved going for blocks but with those attempted blocks came way too many dumb fouls and a lot of bench sitting. Foul trouble caused Damp's laziness, but it's laziness all the same.

No. 20 Larry Hughes

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Larry Legend. I was live for Larry Hughes' 40 point outburst at Oracle but I was also in attendance for about a thousand lazy passes that led to lay ups on the other end.

Hughes had a pure jump shot and was explosive at times; the times when he felt like not being a lazy role player. There were plenty of crappy guards to choose from the Warriors' past but Hughes wins in a landslide as the 'ghettoest', lazy waste of talent.

Off the Bench No. 44 Clifford Rozier

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On a normal team Cliff would have made the starting 5 but on a lazy-studded Warrior squad Rozier was forced to sit on the bench (something very familiar to him).

Rozier got paid and relaxed in the shade with a towel over his head. Lazy, lazy, lazy Cliff....just lazy.

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