Potapenko trade

[Ryan Lee <rlee_at_channing@yahoo.com>]

I thought Thunderbolt's comments top ten reason's why
the Potapenko trade sucked were right on the money. 
Vitaly's numbers really weren't that much better than
Declerq's other than the scoring.  V is a better
shooter and he would make a decent oversized power
forward (like Dino Radja).  As for playing center,
he's a good backup center and that's about it.  He
can't slow down(never mind) handle any of the centers
in the league defensively (i.e Brad Miller, 32 points)
and he gets into foul trouble alot because of his
defensive inabilities.  In short, his lack of D and
rebounding for his size make up for his decent
shooting.  And yes, Andre Miller was definitely a key
loss in that trade.  That guy will be an All Star in 2
years guaranteed.  

42 points for Toine is a very nice stat but aren't
summer leagues primarily filled with scrubs who can't
play D?  Case in point,
I went to the Shaw's Summer League a few weeks back
(against the Spurs) and everyone was either fouling
like crazy or they were getting burnt off the dribble.
 None of those guys could really shoot either.  You
put a veteran starter like Toine against that type of
competition, he's bound to score a ton of points.    


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