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Re: losing Blount
At 07:08 AM 3/4/2004, gene kirkpatrick wrote:
Ain't Peter May something! The morning Globe shows his "gleeful"
commentary on a rather uppity Mark Blount and the probability that Blount
will skip come the July 15 trade date. Very interesting. Ainge is quoted
as saying he hopes Blount will stay--that he has a great opportunity
here. I was glad to see Ainge saying the right thing.
But, I'm interested in our options here. Do we leave him unprotected in
the expansion draft, which would be to lose him? Do we protect him, hope
for a sign and trade (if we don't choose to pay him), and thus leave Raef
or Mihm unprotected? Nice decision coming. I like Blount, but don't
think he's that special; he's a big body, improving his game, but there's
a ceiling there. To me, it boils down to how good Perkins is. Perkins
and Mihm might be all we need. Let next season be their time to
emerge. With LaFrentz and Hunter around them (plus a draft choice), we
wouldn't be hurting for rebounding.
He would be an unrestricted free agent, I believe, in which case he cannot
be selected and so does not have to be protected. The Pacers have a nice
quickie overview of that sort of thing on their site
http://www.nba.com/pacers/news/question_040202.html
Kim