Re: Would you do Walker for Mutombo

[CeltsSteve@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/03/2000 5:16:51 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
DJessen33@aol.com writes:


> Would you do a Walker for Mutombo trade. A Williams, McCarty,  and Walker 
> trade for Mutombo works per Realgm. I think I would like a lineup of
>
> 1 Anderson
> 2 Stith
> 3 Pierce
> 4 Battie
> 5 Mutombo
>
> What do you think?...
>
> DJessen33





As much as I'd like to see Mutombo with the C's, would you trade Walker for a 
guy that would only give you three, maybe four years (and in declining 
productivy) at most? 

The flip side to your proposed trade from Atlanta's perspective would be "Why 
trade for Walker?"  They already have Henderson at the PF spot and they'd 
then be thin in the middle as Wright becomes the starting "5" with no backup 
for him. They'd also face the same issue  the C's now face in that with 
Walker on their roster, he'd have to play the "3" as Henderson can't play on 
the wing or else Henderson would have to come off the bench. They wouldn't 
have addressed their deficiencies at PG, either. If I'm Atlanta, I also want 
at least one high draft pick in any deal from the C's. 

If you're going to move Antoine, IMO you have to get somebody in return that 
has a longer shelf life than what Deke has left. If the C's are determined to 
trade Walker, I'd personally rather they try to pry Jermaine O'Neal away from 
Indiana after AW's base year status is removed in January in a package that 
also includes a first rounder from Indy coming back to the C's.  I'd then 
dangle a couple of first rounders (the Indy and Utah picks) in front of 
Minnesota and see if they'd consider trading Billups as he's locked down for 
three years at a very cheap deal and Minnesota needs those picks. Billups 
also didn't cost them anything to acquire in the first place. I'd designate 
Billups the 6th man as instant offense off the bench.