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For those holding out hope the Warriors will trade up into the draft to land Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, you can forget about it. It’s looking like the Warriors’ best hopes for trading the No. 7 pick will be to move down in the draft, according to multiple sources. With two days left before the NBA draft, it’s turning out that the Warriors don’t have a worthy offer. “Dorell Wright isn’t enough,” one league source said. “The offers in the top five are better.” Contra Costa Times

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The San Francisco Bay Area Pro-Am Summer Basketball League opens its 33rd season Monday. The top players on pro-am rosters are Matt Barnes (Dream Team), Landry Fields (South Bay Spartans), Drew Gordon (Dream Team), Jeremy Lin (South Bay Spartans) and Dorell Wright (SF City). There is no guarantee those players will appear in their teams' games. San Francisco Chronicle

Summer League, Matt Barnes, Dorell Wright, Landry Fields, Jeremy Lin, Drew Gordon 

The Warriors ideally would like to deal the No. 7 pick, one of their selections in the 30s and Dorell Wright for an upgrade at small forward. Then, they could use the remaining pick (No. 30 or 35) on a big man, like St. Bonaventure's Andrew Nicholson, and have the mid-level exception to offer an experienced free-agent point guard. San Francisco Chronicle

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It’s becoming clearer now that Dorell Wright just isn’t the preferred choice heading into 2012-’13 (his last contracted year). If they keep their own pick, would either draft the best SF available in the top-7 or see if they can trade the pick for an established young veteran. San Jose Mercury-News

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Dorell Wright: OMG Ron Ron a fool. I'm rollin wit Ron Ron. Hahahaha. Rep yo hood B Twitter

Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers, Dorell Wright, Metta World Peace 

On the team bus in Phoenix, Dorell Wright told Tyler not to think of the assignment as a demotion, but rather as a chance to show his abilities. Tyler took the advice and averaged 15.6 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.4 blocked shots in five D-League games before being recalled to the Warriors on March 6. "It was hard, because I was practicing and working every day, but it wasn't my time to get (NBA) minutes," Tyler said. "I just tried to stay ready and had confidence that my work wasn't going unnoticed. I think that confidence shows in my game, but I'm starting to understand the importance of taking a step back sometimes, just sitting, watching and learning." San Francisco Chronicle

Golden State Warriors, Dorell Wright, Jeremy Tyler 

Ellis held a closed-door session with his teammates, ahead of tonight’s game against the Kings. Also from the locker room: “Lots of head shaking among Warriors players. Steph Curry just walked over to a solo Udoh and hugged him.” “Dorell Wright, ‘I’ll talk about the game. I’m not talking about the trade crap.’ ” “Ekpe Udoh says he hasn’t been informed of a trade. ‘I’ve got 80 minutes to find out.’ ” One Warriors player said: “If we’re giving up, I can feel my hip hurting already.” San Francisco Chronicle

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Marcus Thompson: I'm told Dorell Wright wanted to be part of the trade, and he's NOT happy he wasn't. Certain to ask him since he said he'd talk after game Twitter

Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks, Trade, Dorell Wright 

Tim Kawakami: Multiple NBA sources: Dorell Wright and Andris Biedrins have also indicated they'd be fine with a trade away from the Warriors. Twitter

Golden State Warriors, Trade, Andris Biedrins, Dorell Wright 

Jarrod Rudolph: Discussed deal would send Ellis, Dorell Wright and Andris Biedrins to the Magic, sources said. Twitter

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That's why it was so out of character to hear Wade's most recent advice to Wright. The Miami Heat All-Star told Wright to start being more selfish. Could that be the reason why Wright had a breakout game in Tuesday's 111-106 win over the Heat? "Shoot more. That's the only advice I'd give him," Wade said before Tuesday's Warriors-Heat game. "He isn't getting his shots. When you're a shooter, and you're getting one shot every 15 minutes, you're out of rhythm." Wade's advice seemed to have an immediate effect. Wright sent the game into overtime with a three-pointer with 31.2 seconds left, then exploded in the extra session, scoring eight of his 20 points. He shot 6-for-11 from three-point land and 7-for-15 overall, adding 10 rebounds. San Francisco Chronicle

Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat, Dorell Wright 

In his younger days, Warriors forward Dorell Wright said he would be much more bothered by shooting 17.6 percent from 3-point range over the season's first four games. But Wright, in his eighth season, said he has no doubt he will return to being Golden State's 3-point specialist. "It's a matter of time," Wright said. "I'm going to get hot, and everybody will forget about this little four-game stretch or however long it lasts. ... In due time, my shot will be back." San Jose Mercury-News

Golden State Warriors, Dorell Wright 

So what's wrong with Wright's shot? He said it boils down to mechanics. He said usually when he misses, he knows exactly what's wrong. To fix it, Wright said he's shooting more before and after practice. He also said he hired someone to break down game film of his shooting so he can study his mechanics. But mostly, to get out of his slump, Wright said he is focusing on defense. After all, that's what Wright hung his hat on before joining the Warriors last summer. "To tell you the truth, I really don't care about the offensive end," Wright said. "It's not like that anymore around here. It's not like if you can't score 15, 16 points you're coming out the game. ... Whatever I'm contributing is a plus." San Jose Mercury-News

Golden State Warriors, Dorell Wright 

Stephen Curry: Oh yeah @David Lee and @Dorell Wright. We need to check the record books on longest combined alley-oops. Now way we don't have that record lol Twitter

Golden State Warriors, David Lee, Dorell Wright, Stephen Curry 

The package the Lakers wanted was centered around point guard Stephen Curry (not sure who else, but I’m guessing Ekpe Udoh, Klay Thompson and maybe even Dorell Wright based on how laughable the source viewed the Lakers’ offer). Curry, presumably, would wind up with the Hornets. The Warriors aren’t interested. At all. Contra Costa Times

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Drew Gooden’s Make-A-Wish Game at the Cow Palace (at 6 p.m. on Nov. 20) will be Wright’s sixth this offseason. Call him the charity game king. WRIGHT: “Trying to stay right.” Part of Wright’s training program has been to play in charity games. But charity games are glorified pick-up games, right? Are they even beneficial? Wright says yes. WRIGHT: “It’s a great way to reach out with the fans and also give guys a chance to play good ball and compete. And it’s more of an All-Star Game with guys from everywhere. So the fans love it and we do as well.” Contra Costa Times

Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks, Drew Gooden, Dorell Wright, Lockout 

Warriors forward Dorell Wright is saving Thanksgiving in Oakland. The Golden State player is spending thousands of dollars so the city can put on its 20th annual Thanksgiving dinner and coat drive. The event, which had been canceled due to budget cuts, will serve turkey dinners to at least 2,500 people at the Marriott City Center on Nov. 22, two days before the actual holiday. Festivities will begin at 11 a.m. “It just so happened they were in trouble,” Wright said. “So we did our best to step in and help. It’s a good thing they do, making sure people have a place to go for Thanksgiving. I wanted to be a part of that and make sure the 20th year was special like it should be.” Contra Costa Times

Golden State Warriors, Dorell Wright 

The We Believe vs. Dub charity basketball game, hosted by Matt Barnes, confirmed the roster of players scheduled to play on November 5th at the Event Center in San Jose. Barnes will be joined by Jason Richardson, Gilbert Arenas, Antwan Jamison, Ike Diogu, Al Harrington and C.J. Watson. On the current team will be Monta Ellis, Stephen Curry, David Lee, Dorell Wright, Charlie Bell, Jeremy Tyler and Lou Amundson. RealGM

Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns, Washington Wizards, Monta Ellis, Gilbert Arenas, Jason Richardson, David Lee, Matt Barnes, Al Harrington, Dorell Wright, Lockout, Ike Diogu, Stephen Curry, Jeremy Tyler, Charlie Bell 

The Bucks guard then went about contacting other L.A.-based NBA players, who set aside their scheduled events to help out. He first called Ariza, his best friend and former Lakers star. Ariza then contacted Barnes. Leuzinger Los Angeles High product Dorell Wright of the Golden State Warriors and unsigned rookies Trey Thompkins (Clippers) and Dominguez High product Jordan Hamilton (Denver) also helped. Orange County Register

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Your job is not to instill in the Golden State Warriors an ethic of tolerance, but do you hope to have an impact -- do you feel obliged to have an impact -- on, say, Dorell Wright, Steph Curry, Monta Ellis and Mark Jackson, who is an observant evangelical Christian? Is "making a contribution," as you say, a hands-on experience whereby you speak to the team for 15 minutes one afternoon after practice and tell your story? Rick Welts: The answer is, "I don't know." I had a great conversation with Mark on the phone. Everyone in the organization has been incredible. I'll tell you one of the most gratifying experiences I've had since May -- and you'll understand this -- is the interview I had with the Warriors. I was with Peter Guber and Joe Lacob for six hours. I realized I didn't have to guess what they knew or might have known or how they'd feel about it, whether they'd have a problem with that, because I was out. ESPN.com

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