on Vitaly and Battie

["Gene Kirkpatrick" <gkir@tjc.tyler.cc.tx.us>]

I don't understand the "trade Vitaly" wave.  If Battie has any injury problem we would be in a terrible fix w/o Vitaly.  And how would we go about getting someone better in a trade?  We need his umph and his consistency.  Paired with Battie, they're an ok pair.  

I would be for an off-season move to bring in another pf/c, but I wouldn't experiment at this point.  In fact, the more I think about it, Battie is the key to our season.  If he can start and give us 25 good minutes, then we will win our 45 games and make the playoffs.  If he falters, it will be hard for our "all-stars" to pull it off.  Cheers,  Gene