I was on your case regarding your previous SAR fetish but he's a terrific fit to put with Marbury. If you can put some defenders on the court around his a duo of SAR/Marbury would be pretty nasty in the East.

What do you think of a TT/Nazr/rights to 2005 #1 for SAR/Patterson resigning SAR starting at $10mm (ish) this offseason

You could still throw the MLE at Steven Hunter.

Marbury
Crawford/Houston
Patterson/Ariza
SAR/Sweetney/JYD
Hunter/Baker

I would just keep Penny/Moochie/Baker around in case of a Feb firesale. You could also play KT behind Hunter. I always hated him at center but as backup its a different story

I like SAR alot and he could be nasty, but losing Nazr will hurt us on the boards. KT at center? Please not again!! Vinny as our starter, Steven Hunter as our starter, nah. Nazr should stay if at all possible and I believe it is possible.

i would not make that trade...SAR doesn't play D & that's what we need right now...plus losing Nazr would hurt us on the boards, another area of weakness...& i'd like to hold onto the 1st rounder unless we get a talented young C to replace Nazr in the middle.

Posted by Rich:

If the NBA permits a team to trade draft rights to circumvent the rule prohibiting trading first round picks in consecutive seasons, I would like to see link. Otherwise, I think it's bull.

knicks would make selection, then trade rights to player. you could not do this now, unless portland was willing to do it without the pick for nazr

ratliff absolutely stinks i never liked him, and now they re-upped him for 10mm per 3-4 years

I think miles is their answer long term at SF with outlaw as a back up. They could use Nazr as their starting C and TT as the back up 4-3-2 as well--they have no guards.

i'd rather give more minutes to Sweets at PF to see if he's the real deal or just a role player, trade KT or Nazr for a talented young C if we can, & hold onto the pick as insurance in case Sweetney is not the permanent answer at the 4 going forward...that way, combined w/the expiring contracts & young players we currently have, we would still have some pieces to work out a bigger trade for someone like an Elton Brand.

First off SAR is only 28, thats a year older than Nazr.
Second he is a career 20 and 8 guy.
Right now he is in the top 15 in fg% and ft%
He is avging 15 and 8. We could definitely use him and he could be our answer with steph and craw for the next 4 or 5 years.
JYD/Ariza at the 3 and ee would just need that Center who is athletic and a defensive presence. We really wouldn't need an eddy curry or Kwame type with Shareef, but it would still be nice. We could use a Dalembert, Steve Hunter, Chandler, Gadzuric type player to off set our low post presence in SAR.

Rich.. the rule is you trade consecutive picks. The only reason for the rule is to prevent inept GMs from trading multiple consecutive picks. Remember, just because you draft a guy doesnt mean you have to sign him either.

This happens every year... its why there are so many draft day trades