seeing guys like Nate & D Lee improve is a very positive thing to come out of this season, no matter how crappy the team's record is, not only because their trade values are increasing & GM's are starting to take notice, but because there's a nice chemistry that's starting to form among certain members of this team that i think we can build on...

right now, i see 4 players that pretty much must be traded/waived at this point if we're ever to improve as a unit:

Curry
Zach
Marbury
Q Rich

CURRY: obviously he's never going to be a defensive player & our weakness on our perimeter calls desperately for a shotblocking intimidator in the paint... we have to trade Curry & bring in a guy who can defend the paint... i'll bring up a trade idea i made several times last year... offer him to the Wizards for Etan Thomas & a 1st round pick... forget about what we gave up for him... what's done is done... we need to focus on the future & Curry doesn't seem like he's got a place considering what our current needs are.

ZACH: he's not been horrible, but the guy simply does not make enough of an appreciable contribution on offense to warrant having that cap killing contract on our books for the next 3 years... we need to cut bait on this guy & unload his contract by any means possible... if it means taking back some garbage players who have a year less left on their deals, then so be it... i think it's a joke that D Lee isn't starting games for us by now... the guy clearly has the talent to be a legit starter in this league.

MARBURY: hopefully we've all seen the last of him, but who the hell knows w/Isiah & Marbury... he could come back next season & make a whole buncha ridiculous claims that he's gonna be the old Starbury again like he always does & we'll be right back where we started to begin this season... i think the team clearly plays w/a different energy when Marbs is not around... he needs to stay the hell away & just stay home & collect the rest of his money next season, unless by some miracle Isiah can find some sucker to take him off our hands for someone not named Darius Miles or Troy Murphy.

Q RICH: having him here severely hampers the growth of guys like Balkman & Chandler... he's a decent role player off the bench but for some reason Isiah sees him as a starter, so for that reason he has to go... we gotta have Balkman & Chandler seeing minutes at the SF position to see what they can do & figure out if we need to upgrade at that position going forward or not.


take those 4 players off the roster, & i think the remaining guys make for a more balanced, more unified & more fun to watch team, even if they're not necessarily as talented... hopefully u can address upgrades at the C & SF positions during the offseason via MLE signing or w/the draft pick.


C - Lottery pick (Thabeet?) / Morris / Turd
PF - D Lee / Jefferies / Malik
SF - Balkman / Chandler
SG - MLE free agent (Vujacic?) / Mardy
PG - Jamal / Nate

After watching this last game, I think we should get rid of everyone but Craw and the players that Isiah has drafted.

I could actually live w/Curry if we had a nice defensive combo C/PF type.

My choices by priority are:

Marbury
Randolph
Q-rich
Jeffries

I agree TMS. Good post.

What did we give up for Curry again?

Can't play Lee with a only defensive center. Lee needs to play with a Bogut or a Darko at the very least. A guy that can shoot and post up.

Zach I think would be a lot better without Curry around. I'm not sure you move Zach just yet if you can move Curry.

Marbs is as good as gone from the memory

QRich...you can't really move him. You can play him less and just hope he gets better. He doesn't kill chemistry by being around- its just by being on the court too much when he can't hit a shot.

Curry just has to go. It's not gonna work if he can't score here.

I'd love to be able to move both Zach & Curry- I doubt that the greatest GM can do that without crippling our franchise.

I also think if we have to have one of them, we could probably make do.

You are not going to be any better with an offense that is 3 on 5. Lee is not very good offensively, so he does need to play with a player that is able to do more then put backs and tip dunks. A guy that could hit a jump shot would be the least a Front with Lee would need. A guy like Bogut or Darko.