Re: Donnell Harvey & leaving early for the NBA

["hironaka@xxxxxxxxx"<hironaka@xxxxxxxxx>]

Harvey is undersized strictly speaking, but I wonder what 
it would be like to have a guy with his game face coming 
in and ripping down offensive boards, like he did against 
us this year. I'm glad a player like that gets named the 
top high school senior. He and Zach Randolph both have a 
warrior mentality that you don't see as distinctly in the 
Curry's or Kwame's.

Its not like we are trading for a potential savior. He 
doesn't have to start to help a team. There are 
undersized power forward making a good living off the 
bench (Corless, Fizer etc.), and others who make a mark 
as hybrid 3/4 players ("K-Maht"). 

As situational a player as Fortson was for us (14 mpg 
more or less), he pretty much single-handedly led Boston 
to be the top rebounding team in the NBA that year. 
That's quite an achievement, given the benefits of 
hindsight. 

I think its an energy boost to have one guy lead by 
example on the boards, something Antoine isn't doing with 
much ferocity at this stage. 

Personally, I prefer the scenario of Sundov rather than 
Shammond in a trade for Blount.

Like it or not, Shammond is Vin Baker's best friend on 
the team, and it would be a double insult for Vin to lose 
Shammong on top of seeing Blount immediately join Grant 
Long ahead of him in Obie's rotation.

Secondly, I'm developing some doubts about Bremer even 
when he shoots well.

Not that Shammond was much better lately at getting the 
half-court going with 18-20 seconds left on the clock, 
but at least he wasn't a risk to crash and burn under a 
full court press like Bremer and Delk. I think we're 
safer having three point guards to mix and match, 
depending on who is playing well.

A move for Blount really should depend on what the secret 
health reports on Battie look like. If Battie can eke 
through to the playoffs, then we'll probably win a few 
more games by choosing to do nothing before 3pm today.

To Shammond's credit, he seems to have found a second 
wind.


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