alston , head, landry for felton and 1st rounder. they need a backup for augustine, they like landry hes in game shape unlike may and head can shoot. in return we get a better pg and a better pick. i know jordan wants to own more of the team and brown wants better peices so this could work.
The fact that we have to make up excuses to validate why Rafer is a "good" point-guard says everything about the situation.
Bobcats won't do that trade, does not make them better. we should try to trade our expirers and a 1st round to Portland for Blake and a couple of 2nd rounders or Sergio Rodriguez who apparently wants to leave portland.
I'm sorry thats a really dumb statement our pieces don't really fit at the moment either. we must suck as well according to your logic
Our pieces fit, we just need time to work out the chemistry issues, remember last year? Playing basketball requires everyone to take on a certain role, and once those roles are clearly defined the game gets easier. Right now the roles are not clearly defined. Well...all of that...and ....uh...Rafer sucking. DD
The clippers have had Baron out for most of the preseason, Camby out for most of the preseason, J will retire on them. I'm pretty sure if your talking about roles not clearly defined the Clippers would be the definition of it. You can't make sweeping statements about other teams about their pieces fitting or not. The Clippers are not in the Sacremento class of sucking. I would class them as a Golden State randomness. Potential to own and potential to lose by alot. Philly is going through the same thing as of current time. We nearly lost to bloody OKC so I don't think we have a right to call ourselves Championship contenders as of yet. I still haven't seen any evidence of Artest, Tmac and Yao working together in a cohesive Big 3 Celtic fashion. Granted like you said it takes time but it possibly may not work. Thats just the truth.
You are preaching to the choir, I never wanted Artest unless we could get him for nothing, because I didn't think he fit. But if you can get him for basically a low first round pick, or two...you roll the dice. Now, we have to see if it fits. I would start Battier and bring Artest off the bench to play when Yao is out. DD
I agree with the mouthpiece. Rafer contributes. He is our weakest starter, but he does contribute. Look how well we did in the playoffs without him last year! There is more to the game than just scoring. I know that we are all fans here, but if you are not watching both sides of the ball, you are missing the best part of the game.
It's like being in the middle of nowhere with a flat but no spare. You keep on going with that flat not because it's good but there is no other option.
Um yeah, let's give up our best sub for felton, because a career 32.7 3 pt shooter is so much better than Rafer Face it, Rafer is the best we can do at this point. I hate his shooting as much as you do, but the fact is if you already have Yao Ming, Tmac, Ron Artest, Shan Battier and Scolandry on board, then you have to give something up...in our case its Rafer Sure you could probably trade one of those pieces to upgrade Rafer, but considering our stars are pretty fragile it might not be such a good idea to trade away our depth. Why don't we wait until Tmac heals completely and Shane Battier returns to actions before we decide if Rafer deserves the axe or not? Ideally, Rafer's shooting should not be a problem at all with all the weapons on our roster....
Hinrich just got wasted though, torn ligament on right thumb, out for three months. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-bulls-hinrichout&prov=ap&type=lgns
Y'all missed the most important part of the article. Once again, proof that Feigen reads this BBS - even though he never admits it.
The Mouthpiece is a pathetic little tool devoid of even a scant speckle of journalistic integrity, indeed.
Speaking as a longtime 'Rafer hater'.... if he can't shoot, but has other tools, fine - DON'T FREAKIN YOU MORON! I'd much rather have a backcourt of Tmac and Marbury... i'd rather gamble on 'a cancer' than a Rafer floater or brick.
No, I have to disagree with you even though some of your points are really true. Rafer sucks some time but it doesn't meat that he is among the worst PGs and the worst starting PG. I agree with Feigen more than you, so it's no wonder feigen is a famous NBA analysist while Mr DD is just a famous clutchfan. I have nothing againest you and any other rafer-hater, I just expect you to offer some suggestions to boost our team a little rather than throwing critics onto rafer. I also don't think rafer is smart enough to run as a great team as the Houston Rockest, then whoelse can do this job? There's no doubt that CP3 and deron can, but no way can morey get them two to work for us. Kidd is experienced and capable enough to dominate the game, but he's not affordable. Rafer may be the best PG we have or we can have at present. Francis may explode after rehhabing, but it seems more of a gamble than a hope to expect him to explode. It's more effective and practical to excute some trade to upgrade our PG, I think. Then, who have too may PGs to refuse a trade? Of course the Bulls. Okey, relax, I don't intend to take Hinrich here. I meant to trade rafer for sofolosha who is good at defense and smarter than rafer in offense. To persuade the bulls to excute that trade, maybe we'll have to add landry or some future picks. But there's nothing more ideal that having a talented PG.
