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Need to Know About Warriors' Addition of Marreese Speights  It
is seemingly impossible for sportswriters and Golden State
Warriors fans to separate Marreese Speights from Carl Landry.
After Landry—last season's backup power forward—opted out of the
final year of his contract and signed a four-year, $26 million
deal with the Sacramento Kings, Golden State quickly filled the
hole by signing Speights to a three-year, $11 million contract.
The comparisons do not end there, of course. Both Landry and
Speights are strong rebounders and gifted offensive players who
leave something to be desired on the other end.  Both players
have been starters but are largely known as high-end reserves,
and Speights is expected by many to replace Landry's energy,
production and overall value.  Truth be told, this is a
superficial assessment.