Re: Trades and ships and planes.

[Jim Metz <JBMetzEA@aol.com>]

Title: Re: Trades and ships and planes.

on 12/19/00 9:27 AM, OzerskyJA at OzerskyJA@cmog.org wrote:

> interesting post, but you're wrong about franchise centers coming
> > along...the last one game alone in 97, two came in 92 i think, w/ Shaq AND
> > Mourning, Robinson a few years before that, Ewing a few years before that,
> > and that's not counting Mutumbo.  And that's just centers.  Look at the
> > top
> > three players taken in the last five or six drafts, and tell me that none
> > of
> > them would change our fortunes dramatically.
> >
> > The top of the draft is EVERYTHING in building a team.  Especially for a
> > franchise like ours.
> >
> > Josh Ozersky
> > Marketing Communications Specialist
> Corning Museum of Glass

--  Wrong as rain, as they say. What I did wrong was to include Ewing. The others all won championships, which none of your additional ones did, except Robinson, who didn't until Duncan came along. Not that they aren't great players and would not  be welcome, but the chance of a real turnaround player is quite low.
    The top three picks, you say? Well, not last year, then again, they get younger every year and farther from helping immediately as was my point.
    Let somebody else salivate at the potential. I'd rather trade my picks for a sure thing.
    It might be smart to wait until after the season and just before the draft though, as the stock of these kids usually rises highest, just at that time.
JB

      Unchain My Heart!