i wonder how this effects his trade value & whether or not he'd even be worth targeting at this point? that irregular heartbeat is a potentially fatal condition isn't it? (see Reggie Lewis)

If he's able to overcome this, I'm sure and hope he'll have a very successful NBA career. However, I don't want anymore injury or health risks. Camby, Baker, Houston, McDyess, heck even Glen Rice and Patrick Ewing (His last couple of seasons) were out just as many games as they were in. I would like to have Camby, but only if it's a cheap price (And his contract is pretty big.) I just want to go for someone who is HEALTHY!

so you'd rather target a Stromile Swift or Samuel Dalembert over Curry...i wonder what you'd have to give up to get either of those guys...they'd fit our needs nicely as well to give us an athletic finisher & shotblocker.

Posted by TMS:

so you'd rather target a Stromile Swift or Samuel Dalembert over Curry...i wonder what you'd have to give up to get either of those guys...they'd fit our needs nicely as well to give us an athletic finisher & shotblocker.

I really don't think we can get either guy. Dalembert's price tag is too high and I think Swift's will be too.

I wouldn't rule out Curry, but I'd be VERY careful about getting a good doc to check him out.

At this rate, I'd prefer to just draft Taft or Splitter or Frye. If they could trade down to get two first rounders for their lotto and get Frye and Warrick, I'd be happy. The fact of the matter is, the only big guy we're going to be able to get through a TRADE is going to be flawed. Some team will have given up on him, that's the only reason he'd be available. Take Jermaine O'neal, almost a superstar, but very immature.

IMHO, you have a much better chance of getting the type of big WE need in the draft.

Honestly, would you rather have Eddy Curry or Nene? I'd rather have Nene. He plays great D and would be a beast. And Marbury would get him all the easy shots he needed. And we had Nene.

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why not go after Kwame then? i don't think we'd have to pay him as much as a Dalembert or Swift, & he's shown some good things in his 1st 4 years in the league...compare his #'s to what Jermaine O'Neal put up his 1st 4 years in POR & i don't see why anyone would give up on this kid.

It's definitely an option. We'd have to give them Kurt and the lotto I think. I don't really want to give up Kurt (at least not Kurt AND the lotto and I think the lotto has to be involved to get a 23 yr old 7-footer who is still a former no. 1 pick). If we could give them Malik and the lotto or something, I'd do it.