One more year just like the others for Warriors

If Larry Rileys words from Thursdays presser have been parsed correctly, the Warriors are going be structurally the same as they were a year ago, which tells us one thing:One more year like all the others.While there dont seem to be a lot of teams eager to use the new amnesty provision (The New York Times, speaking to an unnamed executive for one of the teams, estimated earlier this week that only three to six would do so), the Warriors would have needed to be one of those teams to create sufficient salary cap flexibility.And Riley essentially shot that down, leading one to wonder just how much more of the same old same old this ownership group needs to see before the words same old used only the once will offend them.This is a team that is not close to being a playoff team. It has most of the stylistic components that didnt make the playoffs in the last four seasonslots of perimeter shooters, no rebounders, no defenseand a clear reluctance to break up the group to consider a bold new direction.Or any new direction at all.In other words, the Warriors under Joe Lacob still look way too much like the Warriors under Chris Cohan for any discerning fan to think that progress has been made in the ownership transition. Because, well, it hasnt.And the next logical question, Well, what hell are you waiting for? clearly has no answer at all.Frankly, this is a team with a badly bent roster and a lousy history, and is crying out for a complete body job. Tinkering at the edges isnt enough, and there is no one guy currently available that make the other parts coalesce into a playoff contender. It isnt that the Warriors dont have talentits that the talent doesnt meld into a cohesive and fully functional contender.And the urgency to change that, which seemed to be made clear when Jerry West was brought on to be a consultant, seems to have dissipated.The alternative, that owner Joe Lacob, Riley, GM in training Bob Myers, new head coach Mark Jackson, and by de facto reasoning West himself all see this roster differently, seems too horrifying to contemplate. After all, you know what they say about those who ignore history being doomed to repeat it.RELATED: Warriors to open season on Christmas night at OracleAnd the idea that this management team hasnt been in place long enough to make the bigger bolder decisions is such hilarious nonsense. The had an entire summer and half of a fall to consider the terrain, what they had, what they needed and how to make those two lists look more alike.At this point, one would think it fair to consider the possibility that they know all of this, and actually have something much bigger in minda trade of one of the two chosen-child guards, perhaps. Yet Riley said, when asked about the fresh-float of rumors regarding Nene, Tyson Chandler and David West, Whats the likelihood the roster will be near the same with some additions on opening day? Very likely.The problem there is that the cap math doesnt allow for any of them unless the Warriors do more than merely amnesty Charlie Bell, and since even Bells 4 million cap savings would get them any of the those three, the same looks likelier than some additions.If they can pull this off, more power to them. But the math, the history, and the apparent paralysis when it comes to considering a bold move to free up roster and cap space suggest that these Warriors are really going to more of the same old, not to mention same old, Warriors. And Lacobs honeymoon nearly expired, this will sit poorly with people who have been asked to exhibit far more patience than is the Warriors right to depend.Ray Ratto is a columnist for CSNBayArea.com