if there is a trade or a FA that made absolute concrete sense, of course. But building up chips like ariza williams sweetney through the draft-- to me is the smartest way to go.

do i want to do ninety things to get antoine walker and then pay him 50 mm over 5 years? NO!--in what position PF??? sorry id like to start Mike Sweetney NOW---- cant we just sit back and try to sign Jamal Crawford? maybe it works? maybe im blind and they just hate him-they are around him every day and no one offered him big dollars right? I mean Pheonix couldve got him for 5 years 40 mm and saved 25mm but liked a player who is 6 years older. i dont see a team who is looking to dump contracts taking back sht like andersen and norris--thats the whole idea of the trade right? thats why the media is so full of S.
The one thing that I can see problems with is Crawford really holds the ball but so does marbury. And, atleast to me, I see crawfords value as a 1 who can play 2.

Zeke likes the idea of Marbury/Crawford because they can both handle the ball AND score. Houston can only score.

The NBA draft is too much of a crap shoot to build through, ask the Clippers. What Isaiah has done is embrace the fact that they will be over the cap until Houston's ridiculous deal is done, but he will not concede that they can't improve the team given that reality.

We're gonna get Crawford and more.

I would prefer building through the draft, but Isiah is not going to do it, especially while the team is hamstrung by the cap while Houston is under contract. It's a moot point.

O agree we should focus more on the draft, but not completely rebuild through it. That's how the Clippers and Bulls and Warriors turn out to be the way they are. We need to have the right mix of veterans and youthful players, in order to be a contender.

I totally agree about Briggs point about Jamal Crawford though. There's a reason why the Bulls have been desperate to get rid of him for quite some time. There is a reason they drafted Ben Gordon, Kirk Heinrich AND Jason Williams, while he was around. And there is a reason they would even consider giving their junk and taking back even worse junk and ANOTHER POINT GUARD to get rid of him. Find it interested that they would rather have Frank Williams ahead of him?

And a reason why they traded Ron Artest and Brad Miller for Jalen Rose.

They don't make the smartest moves.