And I'd rather have LeBron than David Lee. You do the best deal that is available to your team. I highly doubt Butler is going anywhere. They are more likely to deal Jamison if they are breaking up their core.
Well without Webster playing, i'm leaning more towards calling it a shitjam. Because it is a jam of players not playing well.
If Portland can get this done, it's highway robbery. David Lee is a 15-10 guy, and while struggling on defense, can make up for it grabbing boards and scoring. He's a lot better than people give him credit for and Walsh would be stupid to trade him. He's struggling yes, but he's playing very well. Like I said, KPritch should sit back and watch LA trade away Marcus and just have the double-double man roll on in to Portland.
Portland sending out the worst player and getting the second-best player in the deal is extremely far-fetched. Adding Raef LaFrentz doesn't seem to matter because all the deals involved, except Camby, expire this summer. So Portland isn't giving anyone cap space.
The Clippers just opened up some roster space: http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/56396/20090105/clippers_waive_paul_davis_and_fred_jones/
David Lee is a beast people..BE HAPPY if we can get him for Channing and Raef! He brings everything we need in a backup PF.
I wonder what else Portland would be giving up. Maybe they take on a bad contract? I also wonder what the Clippers are thinking for taking Q-Rich. I know there's a glut at center, but I'm sure they can get more for Camby. Perhaps the waiving of Jones and Davis is a sign of something imminent?
If there's any truth to this, that would be my guess. Walsh wants to dump someone like Curry or Jeffries and is willing to use Lee to get it done. LaFrentz and Frye both expire this off-season.
he will be a restricted free agent this offseason, so we can match any offer for him. his cap hold will be less than 6 million as well. if we do this, we will definitely deal lafrentz for some long term salary as well.
I'm liking the sound of this... Blake / Bayless Roy / Fernandez Wallace / Webster / Batum Aldridge / Lee / Diogu Oden / Przybilla / Mohammed (do the 'Cats have any other big contracts that we could take back to get Wallace for Lafrentz and Outlaw?)
Getting Lee straight up for Frye would be GREAT for us. Frye can't rebound. Our starting PF can't rebound. We need a frickin rebounder and that is what Lee does and does well.
