Following potential 2013 draftees
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I think those days are gone.
How he got rich
The new owner, Vivek Ranadivé is an Indian businessman, engineer, author, speaker, and philanthropist. Ranadivé is the founder and CEO of TIBCO, a multi-billion dollar real-time computing company, and is credited with digitizing Wall Street in the 1980s with his first company, Teknekron Software Systems.
As a child, one of Ranadive's dreams was to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which he learned of through a documentary on the institution. Described as "a true visionary in a valley full of seers," by the August 10, 2004 issue of Information Age, he was inspired at the age of 17 to leave India to pursue an education in the United States of America. At 17, Ranadivé was accepted to MIT, but in the 70's the Indian government did not release foreign currency for citizens to study abroad. Ranadivé camped outside the office of the governor of the Reserve Bank of India until they gave him $50 – just enough to get him through one semester at MIT.
After earning both a Master's and Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from MIT in four years, he obtained an MBA from Harvard University in 1983 where he was a Baker Scholar. While still in college at MIT, Ranadivé started his first company, a UNIX consulting company. He also held management and engineering positions with Ford Motor Company, M/A-Com Linkabit and Fortune Systems immediately after college.
Basketball fan/experience
Ranadivé is a longtime basketball fan, which started when he coached his daughter's middle-school basketball team. The team played in the national championship and Ranadivé's coaching success was documented by Malcolm Gladwell in The New Yorker. In 2010, Ranadive became the co-owner and vice chairman of the Golden State Warriors, making him the first person of Indian descent to own an NBA franchise.
Ranadivé plans to transform the Warriors using the same real-time technology that transformed the business world. He states that "I see basketball as being the 21st century sport and the Warriors becoming the team of the 21st century." In 2011, Ranadivé spearheaded Bollywood Night.
Conclusions
In summary, this is not the guy that will do things the same way the Kings have done thing.
?? Sixers situation with Bynum??
Jazz4ever
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I'm having a hard time believing Watford goes undrafted as the draft sites suggest. Measured about the same size as Derrick Williams and registered a 36" vertical as well. Shot 38%, 43%, and 48% on 3's his last three years, getting drastically better each year. On a more overall catch and shoot basis, Watford ranked 5th in the nation last year on PPP at 1.40. He is a flat out good jump shooter no matter where he is.
Stretch 4's like Ryan Anderson can do a lot of damage in today's NBA, heck look at what Miami is doing with Bosh nowadays, making him almost and exclusive stretch 4. Guys like Wolters and Jean Charles will probably be gone by 46, I think Watford should be considered.
Stretch 4's like Ryan Anderson can do a lot of damage in today's NBA, heck look at what Miami is doing with Bosh nowadays, making him almost and exclusive stretch 4. Guys like Wolters and Jean Charles will probably be gone by 46, I think Watford should be considered.
orangello
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Great post.
Agreed. I've been pimping him a long time here. The only negative is I've talked with too many scouts that hear his hearts not in it.. he has to drag himself into the gym to put up shots.. no work ethic/motor...... those are MY words, not what they have said, specifically... but the impression I have gotten.