Posted by djsunyc:

last night during the hawks/mavs telecast, the announcer said that since josh smith is from atlanta and playing at home, many of his friends are getting in his ear and he's starting to believe his own hype...

josh smith did the same exact thuing as ok4, he put on way to much muscle weight-training and now he is something like 6-9 245 compared to a sleek 6-9 228. from watching him, he lost what he had turned into late last year--they need to lose the weight/both of them, especially josh. emeka is smart and will adjust and likely reconfigure his build. Josh is probably likeing his new dieselness for the young ladies and probably does not give a F about basketball.

no

Nope. I want a Wally and Jaric for Marbury trade to happen.

Posted by King1:

I think Josh Smith is another guy that has no feel for the game and he cant shoot a lick. When someone shoots under 40% unless it is a three kills a team. He can block some shots but I dont think he will ever be a great player.

this is a little bit crazy. Now I dont think what he did to his body-putting on the weight,even all muscle, was condisive to his game.

You are talking about a 19 old kid who didnt play 1 minute of CBB, who in his first year put up multiple double digit rebound and point games, had many great shot-blocking games including 10 against Dallas--a kid who dominated the Knicks in a late season game inside, won the NBA dunk contest--averaged 10 pts 6-2-2 45% for the year how much more can a 19 year old do, and I guess his game is defined at 19? I think they will realize he put to much weight on and they will get him to reconfigure his body back to 225, and he will go back to what he did in his first year. you dont have to have great fundamentals when you are 6-9 with a 42 inch vertical. And he can also work to improve those.

http://basketballreference.com/players/playerlog.htm?yr=2004&ilkid=SMITHJO03

I will never root for this, ever.

I think it's weak that teams do it.

Posted by MS:

in a heartbeat whats to think about you get cap flexibility, and you let your contracts expire, you tank the season let the kids develop and than move harrington right after you trade for him for a draft choice....smith is a stud you can play him at the 3/4 next to frye and curry......

get it done, look at the big picture....

you think Zeke was in LA because Kobe is going to be coming to New York with Odom for Marbs and others?

The Kobe/LB love affair in the papers was everywhere.

No trades until febuary please

[Edited by - boomann on 11-18-2005 2:39 PM]

what's with the rush to trade marbury? if we're looking for tinkering, why not dangle craw, q or malilk? Why does it have to be our best player for assorted parts which might be attained with lesser players?

NO THANKS to wally sczerbiak. his contract is murder. especially for a SUPERIOR talent like marbury. there's nothing from minnesota that i would want.

my gut says we stick it out with marbury for the rest of the year and revisit this on draft night.