Warriors better without Davis?

Basically the Warriors traded Baron Davis for Corey Magette straight up and they have some room left under the salary cap after unloading Davis’ salary. The Warriors might not be in as bad of shape as it appeared after Davis’ departure. As far as last year’s production, here’s the tale of the tape:

Davis player Maggette
29 age 28
82 games 70
21.8 ppg 22.1
.426 fg% .458
.330 3pt% .384
.750 ft% .812
4.7 rpg 5.6
7.6 apg 2.7

Davis has the clear lead in assists per game and in the leadership department, but he was a point guard and was counted on to do those things. He also rebounded well for a point guard. But as far as point production and the ability to score. They are virtually a wash. If anything Maggette might have the edge, although last year without Brand there was more pressure on him to score. Without Davis, Golden State will have a chance to play a brand of basketball in which teams can’t key on stopping one person. They have few guys that can score. Their only problem is the half court game will continue to struggle. They’ve never been particularly strong in the slowdown game and next year they’ll be relying on a first year starting point guard.