Re: Here's a trade to make

[Mark Piotrowski <markp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Well put.  I guess I think that Banks is not a shoot-first
> point.  He will fearlessly put up pull-up jumpers, but he's
> no Steve Francis; he rarely shoots three pointers when there
> is something better available.  He has been developing in
> Jim O'Brien's system, which is very hard to play PG in.  He
> was getting blocked at the rim constantly, and had to work
> through that, and has.  And of course he has made some
> beautiful passes on the fly that showed me the best promise
> of a happy future.  But I agree, a dominant vet would help
> us (and him) a lot.  James is a good backup combo guard,
> really a luxury we can't afford right now.  Brent Barry is
> a pussy; I don't see him leading the team.  I would love to
> wrest Jason Williams away from Memphis, but that won't
> happen.  If I were Ainge, I would be on the lookout for
> cut-rate veterans.  Bargain-basement PGs (Earl Boykins,
> Bobby Jackson, etc) have
> turned around worse franchises than our own, and recently.
> Jaamal Tinsley is a guy who could make a difference, and we could have 
> had
> him for very little last year.  I wouldn't hesitate to give the
> ball to Jiri Welsch for three or four games, to see how he might
> do -- although it might be asking too much to have him play
> injured at major minutes at a new position.
>
> Josh

Why, with our need for a veteran PG and his name coming up often as 
being on the block, is there never any discussion of Ainge going after 
Eric Snow?

He makes less than Juwaan Howard, is signed for the same # of years, 
and is actually 2 months younger than Juwaan.

Snow is the guy i'd like to see the C's get (and I think they could get 
a PF from the Sixers too -- albeit someone like Coleman or Marc 
Jackson) and lead this team.

I agree with Mark's original misgivings about Howard -- he's a nice 
player, but he's always been on losing teams and is not particularly 
strong inside -- though is a decent rebounder.  If we end up with him, 
fine. But i'd rather get Eric Snow or even Dale Davis (b/c he's a more 
ferociuos PF and his deal ends next season).

(the other) mark