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BigSm00th
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Bonn it's a simple thought.
The team is made up of average to below-average wing defenders, whether it be Marbury, Crawford, Houston, Penny, TT, etc. Can they improve? Of course, but they will never be stoppers.
When people penetrate, or when they beat one of our many (last year it was one of our few big men, thank you Isiah for adding depth) big men, Mutumbo was the only player to block the shot. He'd block it, deflect it, or make the player think twice. The Knicks need somebody like this.
I know expiring contracts can yield you a great player, I've made that point before (though not in this thread). Here's to hoping Ratliff and Rasheed will be around. I ws just wondering if you could name a center who will have several years left on his contract, on a team that would have a shot at getting under the cap, and then I'd believe you. There's no way the Knicks trade $45 million in contracts to get a C and take like hundreds of millions back, it'll probably be Penny and Moochie. I've looked at the salaries, there just aren't many guys around.
The prospect of grooming your own C by acquiring him in the draft b/c you had to give up on KT at the All-Star break is, to me at least, a far better option than having to take on even more bad contracts so they can get one good center. I'd much rather groom a guy myself, with the coaches on this team. It's a difference of opinion.
I don't know why you keep bringing up Vujanic. Yeah, he was extremely well-regarded, if you don't believe, go back and check the Insider archive and the ESPN.com archive and look him up. I don't think he's a good player, but when he was picked (at 30, mind you, Redd, Arenas, Tony Parker all picked after 28) the analysts were saying it was a steal.
Do you not agree that giving the Suns cap relief, two prospects, and two draft picks was enough? If you don't, then this is simply a matter of difference of opinion. I think when you bail the Suns out of THAT much money with Marbury and Penny and Trybanski when they need to shed costs for the selling of the team, you've done enough. Give them Vujanic, he's a ***** for never coming to the NBA, and give them a first rounder. To give them another first rounder and the tallest guy on your team who is 19 and can shoot is, in my opinion, overpaying. Regardless, I still like the trade b/c Marbury's the man.
And yes, this team needs a shotblocker, they should sign Keon Clark so for the spans when he plays, the defense doesn't resemeble swiss cheese, with holes everywhere.
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8/20/2004 8:38 PM
