Jerome James isn't half the basketball player Ratliff is. Give me the guy with the High IQ and work-ethic who even being "run-down" has played in 33 more games the last 3 years than the youthful Jerome James.

The scenario I want addressed is this: What if AD is cut.

Who starts at PF next to Curry? Where does the defense and rebounding come from on the front line?

THe only reason we would trade Malik is too get a shorter contract. I think A Davis takes M Rose's spot. Id rather play Antonio all season than give those minutes to Malik. Antonio is either finishing his career, or playing for a new contract. Either way he's the type of player with pride who will play hard.

As far as a logjam at SF, who cares. It's a shorter contract and easier to deal with a logjam. If we get Ruben. Who is also a tough defender, even though not a good person. If we had him though, I gurantee he would start ahead of Trevor or Matt Barnes.

And as far as Theo Ratliff or Darius Miles? HELLLLL NO.

Even if Theo is productive, his contract is horrendous. I would only aquire it if they take on Jerome James and Malik Rose. And Darius Miles is signed for far too long, and his game is far too similar to Trevor Ariza's, except Ariza hustles. I would 100 times more rather have Trevor Ariza get every second that D Miles would.

ANd I don't think this team is a title contender, so why bring in a vet like that?

Eddy Curry is gone make a believer out of you, but I would like to state for the record that I want DMiles and not anyone else on the Blazers. Theo is too old and Ruben has taken too many hits to his eye socket courtesy of Zach Randolph. I just think the chemistry would be better with Miles than the other two.

I say Malik for Miles because of his youth and his potential. He is still relativley young and since you say we're not title contenders this year than why not get Miles now so next year we can shock the NBA world.

I know I would take heat for this but I would go after Wally World. Q and MoT for Wally and KandiMan.

How about Jerome for a Snickers and a Laffy Taffy.

id rather have david lee play 48 minutes than theo ratliff. I would live with some of the mistakes, but atleast I know that lee will rebound, run, has the ability to score points and keep up with younger faster guys. The fact that we have AD, Channing[who by himself deserves 30 minutes--the rookie BS is dumb--hes good right now and taking PT away from him is foolish] Taylor[who was nearly a 20 point scorer in this league and can still play at a high level] and Lee, we have enough--we have Butler James and Curry for C--simply we have enough unles it was an upgrade. Theo is a 5 who's play has dropped off considerably last year and has worsened into the pre-season--he has an arthritic hip and makes 12mm in smack. What person really wants Theo on this team, unless there was another package that came with it that made a lot of sense? I dont want theo to take minutes away from anyone and he would be another james--do we need another? we just paid 30mm for one? malik for patterson--of course

I just don't see the point of this deal. If AD was cut, I would think about it. With AD here though, this deal absolutely makes no sense to me. Right now, we have Curry, AD, Frye, and James who figure to get the most minutes at the PF and C positions. This is not including guys like David Lee, Malik Rose, and Mo Taylor who we might try to squeeze in at times to get minutes in the frontcourt. Don't get me wrong, Ratliff would make this team better, but look at that salary. I know there are times that we can ignore our cap situation (i.e. the Eddy Curry situation) but it doesn't mean we can just add guys like this just to improve our depth. I just don't see why we would want Theo went Frye is showing he deserves a good amount of minutes this season. Not to mention, we just gave our full MLE to a backup Center who should at least get some minutes to live up to some of his contract.

If AD is gone, its a different story but I just don't see the point of doing this deal right now.

Knicks cut Barber, Brewer and George and are now down to 15.