If Lee would settle for a backup role, I'd still love for KP to get him. Besides, Joel is a goner after this season, anyway.
For what reason(s), specifically? Because any deal would have to include Rudy? Perhaps, but sometimes time changes the sitchyation.
Didn't Lee basically say that he didn't think this was a good situation for him? The guy doesn't want to come off the bench.
Yeah. I wonder, though, if a chance for a ring might become a factor in any way? I suppose for the young guys that's not so much the issue, though. Cash before bling, eh?
Yeah, but I'm worried about having the same problems that the 98-99 team and the 99-00 teams had. When you're 2-deep at every position with guys who are good enough to be all-stars, it's hard to keep everyone happy. I think this team needs a consolidation trade, and adding Lee would only make things worse (unless that's the consolidation trade). Right now we're looking at a possible chemistry problem at point guard, shooting guard, small forward, and even center. Why add someone at power forward who is used to starting, and would probably want a nice chunk of minutes for a hefty price? Nate has to find minutes for Bayless, Webster, Outlaw, Rudy, and Joel. Of those five, all but Bayless could be starting in the league right now. I'm just worried we're going to run into the same chemistry problems that we've seen in the past.
If the reports are true and Miami is interested in Blake. Here is my solution. http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=cb38sy With your poll. I voted for a s&t for Lee.
It is overpaying I agree. But you're doing two things with this move. One you become immediately tougher. Two, you are thinning out the roster. And really, the roster needs it to keep everyone happy.
The other thing is. I don't how much tougher this team gets by adding Howard or Swift. I'm not sure we do get tougher or more physcial. This is an area KP said that he wanted to address going into the offseason. I don't feel he has.
I guess I could go with that, but it leaves us pretty thin at point guard. What happens if Andre Miller goes down?
LOL. It doesn't have to be Haslem. And Blake doesn't have to go. Put together a similar package using Outlaw and Bayless. Or make that deal and sign a vet point guard like Brevin Knight. To be safe. Or sign Juwan Howard.
It come out of his agents mouth sometime in July after several meetings with Kevin Pritchard. My only question, if that was really the case. Why hold any meetings with KP? They should have been able to see what his role was going to be before the meetings.
