Looking for a center

[Steve Ouellette <bosox18@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Let me just be the first to say this is the nuttiest thing I've heard 
all season. Shaq, Duncan, maybe (maybe not) Garnett, then Blount? $10 
million for Blount?

No offense, but that is insane.

STEVE


> Trades and drafts are far from my expertise but from a common sense point of view I say we will not lose Blount come next year.  He is the most valuable player we have right now in the sense that we cannot survive without a center and couldn't get anything close to his level if he left.  Raef is overrated and expensive and not an imposing center, rather a mix PF/center. Mihm still finding himself.
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> I know this is a big jump in people's minds, but today (not in Obie time or developing time, today!) only Shaq and Duncan are better, Garnett maybe even. Yao getting there. In a speed up offense, only Duncan and Garnett would match him.  For me it's a no brainer.  Sign him as the top priority, even up to 10 million, preferably in the 5-8 mil range. Everything else is secondary. 
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> Would you give up a Shaq or Duncan?  That's what Blount could be when this team hits on all 4 cylinders.
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> Jorge