Re: Bargain hunting

["Jaims" <jaims@info.com.ph>]

Isn't Mark Strickland a PF/SF type of a player who I remember, played for
Miami?  I don't think he's comparable to Palacio or Barros coz he's a
hustle/hopper big man ala junkyard dog Jerome Williams.

Jaims


>    Another player on your list is one I've followed for a while and would
> love to see on the c's; Mark Strickland. Although not a pure point guard,
he
> is much better at it, than Palacio, or say, Dana Barros. Strickland is
also
> a good rebounder, a tough defender, who shoots well and with three point
> range. He is a rotiserie star, showing up all over the box score. A great
> role player, who goes all out. New York needs a center. What about a trade
> of Battie/Potapeko and Eric Williams  for Strickland  and Othella
> Harrington? Charlie Ward must be expendable now also?
>    What would it take to get these guys? If we had a creative front
office,
> who were working the phones looking to make some trades/sign and trades,
we
> might be able to upgrade here and there.
>    As far as Mark Jackson? They are playing hard ball in in the Bay. Could
> we make an offer, of say, Battie or Potapenko for him?  He is clearly the
> class of your list of free agents.
>    I love these speculations and normaly spend the whole summer playing
> these games, but with our Brain Trust
, pretty much mailing it in, with
the
> roster we have, it's discouraging.
>    Say what you will about Pitino and nothing he tried seemed to work, he
> kept trying. There was never a dull moment and any speculated move had at
> least a chance of coming to fruition as he was impatient and hungry for
> success.
> -JB-
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> Unchain My Heart!