Cuttino Mobley, Glen Rice, and a 1st Round Draft Pick or Bostjan Nachbar (if he is a bust) FOR Jason Williams, Wesley Person, and Shane Battier. This trade would be after the 2003 NBA Draft. That is when they draft Hakim Warrick, a 6-8, 240 power forward from Syracuse. "Bigtime athlete in the Darius Miles mold. But he already has better skills. Still ironing out the fundamentals, but has tremendous upside. He's way ahead schedule on his development curve." At the 7th Pick. Assuming... And they draft Kirk Hinrich, a 6-3, 180 point guard from Kansas at the 13th pick. "Scouts absolutely love Hinrich's potential and feel he'll be able to handle the PG position without trouble. Huckleberry Finn in basketball shorts. Doesn't look like an NBA player, but the kid has game. Will be playing the 2 position this year, but showed that he can run the show as a point guard." If they did draft those players...or some other forward and a point guard, maybe they would want to get rid of Shane Battier, since they already have Mike Miller as well. Or if they got Carmelo Anthony or Darko Milivic or Lebron James, maybe they would want to give up Gasol or Swift or Wright or Battier or Person. Kirk Hinrich or TJ Ford or whoever they pick with our pick could replace Jason Williams. They would still have Michael Dickerson and Earl Watson. They would want Mobley, because he is a shooter and could be disciplined by Hubie. He's better than Wesley and Michael Dickerson. They want Glen Rice for veteran leadership and just to be a backup. And after the season, his contract will expire. The Grizzlies will have plenty of cash...even though they are never going to get an established star. They want another 1st round draft pick from us because they just like young players. And it's worth a lot. Or they want Nachbar because maybe they do not know he's a bust and they think he is a good shooter. He could play in Memphis if they drafted a power forward or point guard in the draft and made this trade. We want Jason Williams because he is a good point guard...is starting to pass...can handle the ball... We want Wesley Person because he can shoot. That's what we need. Shooting. We want Shane Battier because he is a good all around player. He can also shoot. So we would end up with... Jason Williams/Moochie Norris/Tito Maddox Steve Francis/Wesley Person/Juaquin Hawkins Shane Battier/James Posey/and maybe Bostjan Nachbar Eddie Griffin/Maurice Taylor/Terence Morris Yao Ming/Kelvin Cato/ They would have... A rookie point guard like TJ Ford or Kirk Hinrich or Hollis Price/Earl Watson. Cuttino Mobley/Michael Dickerson Mike Miller/maybe Hakim Warrick/Glen Rice Pau Gasol/maybe Anderson Vareajao or Sofoklis Schortsianitis Stromile Swift/Lorenzen Wright
1) Current Rox coaching staff is not disciplinarian enough to keep JWill under control the way Hubie has/does. 2) Either Francis or JWill guarding the elite SG's of the WC gives me the creeps.
