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BRIGGS
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8/15/2005  9:21 PM
im wondering if there vet to rookie ratio is to low for what they want to acheive. If you are a club rebuilding, or moving from rebuilding to stage 2, I think its OK to be built with a high % of young guys to build a core

but when you are in the stage of trying to win it--you probably want 10 vets and 3 young guys

right now they have

R-Wayne Simien 6-9 255
R Earl Barron 7-0 268[we shouldve grabbed him!]
R Matt Walsh 6-6 215
R Gerald Fitch 6-3 200
1 Dorrell Wright 19 yo 6-7 210
1 Andre Emmitt 6-6 220

they are going with 7 vets as of right now and none of these guys above have played any significant NBA minutes. if rosters are only 13 guys--perhaps 1 goes to the NBDL--they can sign one more guy[maybe Finley?] still they are thin in the vets for trying to win it all IMHO.
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8/15/2005  9:54 PM
Briggs, new rosters are now bigger according to the new CBA. i think active is 14, injured list 3.
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8/15/2005  10:46 PM
I think they're trying to keep it cheap outside of their core guys, so they don't get a Knicks level payroll.

Adding solid youth is one way to do that. People were talking about Matt Walsh as a potential first rounder. Simien and Wright should be solid. Don't know much about Barron or Fitch.

I think it's not a bad idea, I see what you're saying: they need need some more vets for a playoff run, but they've shown a great ability to add decent guys like Shandon Anderson for very little money. They'll probably add an amnesty guy or two.
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8/15/2005  11:10 PM
I think guys like Walsh and Simien are good additions because they are pretty smart, seasoned basketball players - plus they made Walsh a promise before the draft. The real 'rookies', as in the young players they are developing, are wright and maybe barron. I think they expect simien and walsh to be solid role players this season.
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