right now Rose is MUCH better than Mike, but you have to start Sweetney for the rest of the season and see what you can get from him. Last night not so good, against Phili good. He's going to be inconsistant but hopefully we get a 25 game look at him for 25-30 minutes and have a better feel for what he can do. Worst case is we pump up his value a little and trade him for a mid-late #1 and get a backup PG or project type center.
Best case is he really blossums and gets comfortable and asserts himself as a force in the paint

given that malik and sweets both have the same disadvantages (height) and advantages (good bulk, hard working), hopefully malik can teach sweets some things in practice.

sweetney will never be an allstar but like Silver said he has a lot more upside than Rose. I still see Sweetney as a 13 & 9 player in the near future and 16 & 11 in his prime which is still pretty damn good but not an allstar. He's too wide and disruptive in the paint to be another Malik Rose. Even if he's a career bench player because of the foul trouble and defensive mistakes he will still be one of the better bench players in the game. I can see him averaging 11pts 7rebs coming off the bench for 28mins.

He's at a much higher level then Malik Rose. Rose can average 15 & 8 as a starter but he's like 6'4'' Crawford was taller last night! So I think just sweetney's size alone at a legitimate 6'8'' gives him a better chance of being a productive starter.

[Edited by - gunsnewing on 02/27/2005 13:29:12]

Posted by rain:

Sweetney would be wise to listen to Malik. Rose completely remade his body from his college days and is the perfect role-model.

great point. I remember Rose being overweight. Now he looks like a different person. its amazing the things he's capable of doing like guarding centers and rebounding at 6'4'' at best!