r small foward play hasnt exactly been great, tt hasnt ex been all-star or mb even passable level. i mean zeke is looking at and apprantly making offers 4 jalen rose, and i dont know bout ne1 else but i woud much rather hav shane battier here than a loser who plays no defense like jalen rose, we coud use a mature smart player like shane on this team.

don't see it happening unless you offered up Sweetney or Ariza.

i'd rather try & make a run at someone like Matt Harpring...maybe offer up KT for him since Utah could use some help in their frontcourt...once AK47 comes back, they will have a glut at the SF position w/Kris Humpheries & Kirk Snyder showing that they can fill the backup role...TT isn't giving this team anything at all, & Penny can sulk all year long until he's blue in the face, but it makes no sense to trade him now & take on a bad contract unless we are improving our area of weakness, which is defensive intensity & toughness...Harpring brings that to the table along w/scoring, hustle & ability to run the floor...

you can then start Sweetney & have JYD back him up at his more natural PF position:

C - Nazr / Baker / Sundov
PF - Sweetney / JYD
SF - Harpring / Ariza / TT
SG - Crawford / Houston
PG - Marbury / Brewer
IR - Moochie / Penny

we don't take on any bad contracts, & we improve our biggest areas of weakness, which is defense & intensity.