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Re: Pack/Cheaney for Herren/Stith?
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I am not sure I like this one. Hasn't Stith had a
lot of injury problems (as if Pack hasn't) and Herren is an unproven
commodity.
I don't remember much about seeing either of these
guys play but, judging from his statistics, Stith seems to be on a downward
slide in his career not very different from the one Cheaney is on. There
could only be two reasons for making this trade. First could be that
Stith's contract expires after this year (if the reports are true that he has
two years left I would doubt the trade happens). In effect, that would get
them out of the "Calbert Cheaney mistake" a year earlier. Second
could be that Pitino would rather have Herren, who has potential to improve
to a useful NBA point guard, rather than Pack, who has talent but is aging and
almost never healthy.
If it were up to me I would do it for reason
two. I.e., if I had seen enough of Herren to believe that he had a
promising future as an NBA point guard, I'd make the trade. If
it was just for reason one, to get rid of Cal, I wouldn't do it. Cheaney's
not the worst guy to have on the end of your bench. When he was signed
last year, he was probably seen as being the fifth starter and Griffin as the
spot player. Then Adrian came in and earned the starting job by working
his ass off in pre-season and winning some early games with amazing clutch
defensive plays. Right now, I'd say that Griffin, Cheaney, Williams and
McCarty are going to fight for one starting position. I don't think Stith
would be in that mix if the trade happened.
Jim