By Geoff Lepper
48minutes.net

Your daily guided tour through the national and local media coverage of the always-entertaining Golden State Warriors.

WEB MEDIA
CBSSports.com (Ken Berger): The big winner of the day in the “Destined-To-Be-The-Most-Talked-About-Warriors-Story” sweepstakes. Now, a couple of points:
1) I don’t necessarily put a huge amount of stock into “a high-level coaching source” — the one that said Nelson could become a consultant, with Keith Smart taking over as head coach “by next week” — because there’s no indication of how connected this person is with what’s going on at 1011 Broadway. Kicking Nelson upstairs would mean kicking away roughly $10 million, and it’s hard to believe that Chris Cohan and Bobby Rowell are willing to eat that slice of humble pie. I will say that it’s been well known for a long time that Nelson wants to live out his days with such a consultancy in his pocket, to be the retired Don Corleone figure to some organization. It’s what he planned for in Dallas, before the fallout with Mark Cuban, and what he wants in Golden State.
2) I put a lot more stock into the anonymous source Berger quotes as saying “(Nelson) wants Monta out.” You can’t put guys on the block in this league without word getting around, and quickly. So I definitely can see heat to that fire.
3) “Rowell tries to be their friend, and they laugh at him.” No explanation necessary.

NBA FanHouse (Matt Steinmetz): Why Paul Westphal smiles more than Don Nelson.
(Of course, Vladimir Putin smiles more than Don Nelson these days. As does the Mona Lisa. So it’s not that high a bar.)

NBA.com (Adam Zagoria): David Lee is displeased with the result: “. . . Teams that are talking about being playoff teams, teams that talk about being decent teams in this league win games at home against teams with a below .500 record.”

Examiner.com (Mike Massa): Gamer. Here. Notebook. There.

PRINT MEDIA
Contra Costa Times (Marcus Thompson II): Chronicling the greatness that is C.J. Watson. Plus: Stephen Curry’s New York experience leaves him full of questions for the coaching staff.

San Francisco Chronicle (Rusty Simmons): Sometimes, the storylines that you need to cover are the same ones the competition is already covering.

BLOGOSPHERE
True Hoop/ESPN (Chris Sheridan): Technically, I don’t think Don Nelson said Stephen Curry had “no” tattoos, just that he needed more of them.

Golden State Warriors/San Francisco Chronicle (Rusty Simmons): Reports from halftime, and postgame.

Fast Break/San Jose Mercury News (Adam Lauridsen): Angry Adam is in full force, even after a victory.

AUDIO-VISUAL
KNBR (Ralph Barbieri and Tom Tolbert): A two-part extravaganza with Tim Kawakami.

Warriors.com: Highlights from the source.