his #'s didn't take a major hit except blocks this year, going from 1.5 to 0.8 in only 1 less minute of play. jvg is not that big a fan of his. so he may be available.

what he does bring: long, athleticism from the 4 spot, can play defense, and block shots in his limited time of 20 mins. he's available and on the outs in his current location which makes him a prime candidate for us.

cons: he's a dolt. his mpg haven't increased throughout his career. and he turned us down in the offseason last year.

so, with lb here, can he play in the system? is he on the radar? and what are you willing to give up for him?

right now, the only trade that works is quentin for stro. i like quentin and would like to see him here next year but would stro make us better?

We want smart players - and why get Slomile with Frye on our radar? Bad move.

if we can Stromile back in a Marbury trade, that's a good move. I don't know who else we have the JVG would remotely want.

Does anyone think Houston would want Francis back? Maybe Francis would be ready to accept JVG after Brown.

Posted by TMS:

we have nothing that matches up w/HOU in any trade... we don't need Juwan Howard or Rafer Alston, & other than Yao Ming & TMac, the only players they have that would actually help this franchise are Bobby Sura, Luther Head &, ironically enough, Dikembe Mutombo.

[Edited by - TMS on 04-24-2006 12:43 PM]

Why is it ironic that a player Zeke traded away would help the franchise? A frontcourt of McDyess, Sweetney, Kurt Thomas, Tim Thomas, Nazr and Deke would be pretty deep and tough.

still, all those players have proved they are solid pieces. I wouldn't take back all those trades, but if we hadn't traded for Malik Rose or Mo Taylor, we could have kept Nazr and gotten Lee in the second round with the Mo T pick.

you want to backtrack on deals, let's backtrack to the idiotic trade that sent the #7 pick & Marcus Camby to the Nuggets for Antonio McGimp... now there's a trade that set this franchise back a decade if not more in their development when you consider the fact that Camby would be the athletic, run the floor bigman that blocks shots this team is sorely missing, & that #7 pick could have turned out to be Amare Stoudamire if our GM at the time had half a brain.

i never said it did... i'm just saying backtracking on deals is pointless... let's deal in the NOW & think of ways we can improve this current situation going forward... these constant threads that lament the moves made by Isiah are a waste of time. (not saying that was the original intent of the creator of this thread, but it always seems to progress to that lately)

[Edited by - TMS on 04-24-2006 1:12 PM]