If someone pays Courtney like Mario Williams then we definitely are better off not keeping him to match their stupidity.
Code: G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS 65 36 30.4 4.5 10.2 .444 1.4 3.4 .398 2.2 2.7 .820 0.9 2.5 3.4 2.3 1.2 1.0 1.7 3.0 12.7 57 25 30.2 5.2 11.8 .436 1.8 4.4 .403 1.5 1.8 .826 0.5 2.7 3.2 1.8 1.4 0.4 1.3 2.2 13.6 Just some quick food for thought; these are the per36 stats of 2 players in their 4th years in the league: one of these guys is Francisco Garcia, who got a 5-yr, $30M deal after posting this line in his 4th NBA season, and is now buried on the bench of the perpetually rebuilding Sacramento Kings. The other is Courtney Lee. I really like Lee as a player both on and off the court, but he's just a better fit on a contending team rather than a long-term commitment that will likely be untradeable for several years. He is the very type of player which is wrong for a fully-rebuilding team; no superstar potential, but also few weaknesses. He's a coach's dream, which means he'll be sucking up minutes from developing players like Morris or Llull, or Austin Rivers, or any other 1/2/3 that the Rockets draft this year. Sure, Lee will likely be better than most of these guys, but he'll always be a security blanket for McHale or any other coach, and we'll never really know if the young guys can play or not. If I can S&T Lee to a contender with a SG hole, I do it. Charlotte Pick and one of Brewer/Korver/Hamilton from the Bulls, DONE. A lottery protected first from the Celtics? DONE. Lottery protected first from the T-Wolves? DONE. Keep the money available for Dragic and guarantee him the starting 2-guard spot, let Martin play 30+ off the bench and rebuild some trade value for the 2013 deadline. And if you really still need solid role-player stats from a combo 2/3, go get Garcia off the scrap heap from the Kings this summer.
Wish he had better handles and could consistently get to the rim. As it is he's just a cog on a good team, not a guy that should be taking up space on a rebuilding team's roster.
