Warriors get one right by extending Nelson's contract

I'm here at Candlestick Park, waiting for the 49ers-Seahawks game to begin, so I thought I'd use the time to weigh in on Warriors coach Don Nelson's new two-year contract extension. Of course I love it. I've ripped Warriors owner Chris Cohan and president Robert Rowell for pushing point guard Baron Davis out the door and killing a tentative three-year extension that lame duck executive vice president Chris Mullin had worked out. I criticized Rowell, in particular, for the way he took shots at Mullin in public over his call for leniency and forgiveness in the Monta Ellis moped affair. Rowell was very disrespectful to someone who has done so much for the Warriors as a player and executive. But when it comes to Nelson's extension, I've got to give Cohan and Rowell credit. I actually lobbied for the Warriors to do exactly that last year, to come to Nelson and offer him an extension before his contract became an issue again. It took them awhile to come aroun...