Posted by TMS:
of course you don't stop trying to improve...but how are you going to improve to the point where you can win a championship when 3 of your biggest contracts are being taken up by Marbury, Crawford & Zach Randolph? do you honestly think you can put together a team full of the right type of role players to surround that core to be able to win a title in the next 6 years using only MLE contracts or trading your draft picks & expiring deals for other players w/bad contracts that other teams want to dump on us?
Yes I do. Our front court of Zach and KT would be sick on offense, Zach in the post and KT on the opposite baseline. Assuming we don't turn KT into a pick and/or another young talent.
The development/emergence of Trevor Ariza and Crawford factors heavily into those 6 years as well.
Not to mention we already have Malik Rose and JYD to provide that defensive intensity and tenacity on the boards. They are both very good role players.
The only role players we would need were a 2 guard who can hit the open jumper consistantly, and a workhorse on the boards/shotblock like Gadzuric or Hunter. All of which can be had rather easily with the MLE and/or a picks. That team
could be built around and
could conceivably win a championship.
i say absolutely NO WAY that would happen...if we're going to add a max type contract from here on out that goes past the year 2007 (the year Houston's contract expires), it needs to be for a guy who's a guarantee franchise type talent...not a guy who's been a malcontent who comes w/question marks concerning his attitude, his off the court issues, & his knees to boot.
Randolph IS a franchise type talent, which is why this trade makes sense. He has that contract, because he IS that kind of talent, and it is rare in the league right now. How many 20 and 10 guys exist? 3 or 4?
Not to imply there are not other factors to be weighed, but I think in the end doing it would be better than not doing it.
[Edited by - Killa4luv on 04/06/2005 20:32:42]
