re-Center

[Daniel Forant Sr <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

A championship team?? Aren't we rushing things a bit??

>From: peter delevett <pdelevett@amcity.com>
>Subject: Center
>
>>this was our last year to get
>>anything done in the free agent market.  Next season
>>Walker's extension goes into effect, starting at $9 mil against the
>>cap.  The year after that, Mercer.  Then two years later Pierce but by
>>that time it won't matter.  Unless we get lucky through the draft again,
>>the talent base you see is the talent base you get, or the talent base
>>you reallocate, through a trade for a center perhaps. 
>
>Chris - I agree wholeheartedly with this. And that's why I keep bringing up
>trade ideas that are unpopular with many on this list. The fact is, the guy
>who wrote that OnHoops article was right: we do have, arguably, the weakest
>center rotation in the league. I pray to God Schintzius will stay healthy,
but
>even if he does, he is a backup at best -- he could be a very GOOD backup,
but
>he is not a starter on a championship team. Battie is not a starting
center on
>a championship team.