Posted by djsunyc:

Posted by Finestrg:

We might have to start re-thinking the whole Ron Artest thing here again fellas...

do you let a desperate man make a desperate deal?

i thought that's what Isiah's been doing for the past 3 years.

i'd give up those guys for a franchise player... Artest isn't a franchise player

[Edited by - TMS on 11-12-2007 2:59 PM]

David Lee or Zach Randolph?

Do you mean on offense or defense? If you mean offense I see what you're getting at. Lee is better off near the basket.

On D you have a problem though with either and and I think you need Chandler out there.

Posted by BlueSeats:

Posted by TMS:

i'd give up those guys for a franchise player... Artest isn't a franchise player

Fair enough.

And Balk and Lee aren't franchise players either, so I'd trade one for equal value at a different position, like a young promising PG. That would be a justifiable move toward the future. I just don't think this team is one you go "all in" for, thinking there'll a payoff in the present. We're not one piece away.

to be honest, i wouldn't give either of those guys up unless the young player i was getting back had a higher upside potential & was already a stud in his own right... a player like Josh Smith for example... otherwise, ur creating 1 hole to fill another, which doesn't really solve anything in my eyes.

for a franchise superstar, then obviously you do it because finding true franchise players in this league are few & far between... u can then justify creating a hole at 2 positions to fill 1 because that 1 player brings so much along with him in terms of talent.