re: Blount

[bird <birdw@xxxxxxx>]

> From : " hironaka@xxxxxxxxx "< hironaka@xxxxxxxxx >
> First off, I think it is clear Obie is getting his way
> over Chris Wallace. It is not the best career move for
> Wallace to do this trade.
Truly wacky.  I'm actually not as disappointed as I would have thought 
I would have been at the prospect of Mark Blount's return.  I mean, 
he's a seven-footer who knows the system.  Tony Battie is hurt.  Blount 
can block shots.

But, I think I'm probably just numb.  Blount can't rebound.  He's 
shooting under 40% for the season (insert requisite "he'll fit in real 
well here" joke here), and this from a guy who shouldn't take anything 
over 7-8 feet away from the hoop.  Actually, Mark Blount's not a 
terribly bad acquisition, it's just that you could have kept him for a 
much lower price.  Instead of giving away the expiring contract of a 
guy who is part of the guard rotation, and a second rounder, you could 
just have re-signed him at the end of last year.  Oh, right, Gaston 
didn't want to put the crowbar to the checkbook.  You may think I'm 
just putting it to Gaston again, and, well, I am.  But merely as a 
tangential precursor.  Because once Gaston let Blount go (if such was 
the case), there's no real reason to exacerbate the situation but 
overspending for said Blount.  Truly, truly wacky.

(Well, at least we got Mark Bryant as a Wolko replacement.  I was 
worried there for a sec.  Who was going to keep the bench warm?)

Back in the real world, it makes you wonder just how unhealthy Tony 
Battie is.

One more thing, though, what is the deal with Wallace's penchant for 
trading with Denver?  Can't we branch out from that?  This probably has 
more to do with Blount than the team he was playing with, but still, CW 
seems to do a lot of deals with Nugget management.

> Poor Chris Wallace. Its noble of him to fall on the
> sword. I hope his parents haven't already converted his
> basement office into a recreation den.
Indeed.  I wouldn't wager anything of even the remotest value to me 
that Wallace won't be fired during the off-season.  The Great Birdini 
(Prognosticator Extraordinaire) says "Dead man trading!"  Though, of 
course, the effects of his work will be felt for ... oh, about three 
more years, if nothing changes for the better.

Allow me a moment of unbridled optimism.  Sure would like to see Larry 
Joe take charge and do that voo-doo that he do so well.  There.  It's 
passed.

You-know-who delenda est.

Bird