Posted by djsunyc:
no brainer trade for boston.
if you have pierce + ray, you go get yourself kg and make your run for the next 3 years.
if ainge is able to get ray + kg in one offseason while keeping pierce, that's pretty impressive.
and it's something we should've considered - ALL IN was the way for us to go. we should go after artest.
I was thinking the same thing. But I wonder if when KG to Boston goes down the price for Artest goes up. Isiah might really have to start thinking about sending Lee to the Kings for Ronnie - something he's be reluctant to do so far. I'm afraid that's what it'll take fellas. Should we do it? Considering that I don't see how Lee will ever get the PT he needs to continue developing here anymore (Randolph's our 4 and only 26 and Lee's not a 3 or a 5), I'm leaning toward pulling the trigger on this now. Now Geoff Petrie's said recently that he's not interested in moving Ron but it makes a lot of sense. First, they have options for replacing Artest at SF: Abdur-Rahim (who I always saw as more of a 3 than a 4 anyway), Kevin Martin, John Salmons, Francisco Garcia, etc. Plus, they don't have anyone like Lee on that roster. Kenny Thomas has always been a little on the small size for a 4 and not the most athletic and even though they just picked up Mikki Moore, he's more of a shooter, like a Channing Frye, than a traditional athletic/power/rebounder type of PF. Lee would be perfect for them. If we made this trade, I'd like to have them include Justin Williams too. This is a young athletic shotblocker that could fit in nicely for us. Physically, he's a little thin right now but he goes a legit 6'10" with a tremendous wingspan so, unlike Lee, he can play some 5. He could bring the missing shotblocking element and I think I like his overall athleticism a little more than Randolph Morris. But yeah dude, time to start seriously thinking about bringing Artest home now if this Boston thing goes down. Absolutely.
7/30/2007 4:32 PM
