<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">One Memphis possibility being talked about is a switch with the Miami Heat, which holds the No. 5 pick. Pat Riley doesn't want a rookie, and there is a long-discussed deal coming up again for 2001 No. 2 overall pick Stromile Swift, a shot-blocking power forward. But there's also been talk around the league the Grizzlies might be willing to part with Pau Gasol in a larger package. Sources say Portland is trying to put together a package in which Gasol goes there or to Minnesota, if a third team gets involved, with perhaps a change of scenery for Rasheed Wallace or Zach Randolph.</div>
stromile and the #13 is a nice package. Do you think Gasol is a LOT better than stro (trade value)..I think stromile is catching up. Gasol parties in spain all the time, he should work harder.
i dont have much to say but i want jason williams to be traded anywere,and gasol is not a player i like ,my sig says it all
as a grizzly fan, i would deal stro in that package. at #5 u could get bosh or kaman or lampe or pietrus or wade or ford or paval. depending on who u want. most of those players are very versatile, can play many positions(with the exception of paval and ford and kaman)
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting "allnet":</div><div class="quote_post"><div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">One Memphis possibility being talked about is a switch with the Miami Heat, which holds the No. 5 pick. Pat Riley doesn't want a rookie, and there is a long-discussed deal coming up again for 2001 No. 2 overall pick Stromile Swift, a shot-blocking power forward. But there's also been talk around the league the Grizzlies might be willing to part with Pau Gasol in a larger package. Sources say Portland is trying to put together a package in which Gasol goes there or to Minnesota, if a third team gets involved, with perhaps a change of scenery for Rasheed Wallace or Zach Randolph.</div></div> i dought they will part ways wiith Randolph because the Blazer organization said he and Quintel(sp) Woods would not be traded
everyone says Pat Riley won't wait for a young player to develop. Is he even the GM? doesn't Miami have a GM. not named Pat Riley?
Swift can be a real good player but he needs consistancy. He had a string of 20 10 games but then all of a sudden he was sent to the bench
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting "t.mcbraggart":</div><div class="quote_post">everyone says Pat Riley won't wait for a young player to develop. Is he even the GM? doesn't Miami have a GM. not named Pat Riley?</div> The Heat's GM is Randy Pfund, but Pat Riley is the President & Coach of the team. It's up to Pat Riley to determine which players he wants to fit best with his coaching style and it is Pfund's job to go out and sign or trade for those players. So in most cases it's the coaches responsibility in selecting the right players. However, Riley has had a bad track record since he's been in Miami of overpaying for talent. Brian Grant, Eddie Jones, Anthony Carter, Laphonso Ellis. Of course the team was designed to play around Zo, but the Heat didn't allow for any flexibility by signing those players to such outrageous deals.
