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[Kim Malo]

At 01:59 AM 1/12/2007, Mark Piotrowski wrote:
>sorry, so my point was that I'm OK with where we're headed b/c we're
>going there not b/c of a lack of trying but lack of health and
>epxerience.  Very diff. IMO than what CLE did to get Lebron and what
>we tried (Brett Szabo anyone?) to get Duncan.
>
>
>That said we're gonna need to sign a guy or 2 to 10 day contracts.

Who are you planning to cut? because we have to cut to clear roster 
spots before we can do that. And of course that means we may not get 
them back after....  Allan Ray getting cut won't break my heart, but 
are we really going to get anyone who does much more for us on a 10 
day? Tony's injury is season ending, so there's a slight chance we 
might get league relief if we apply, but I wouldn't count on it.

>I'd like to see the Akingbala kid get another shot.

He's another decidedly undersized big guy from what I saw at the open 
practice. I remember because it was such a surprise from what I'd 
been hearing about him here and other boards and for cripes sake, 
this was against OUR guys, vs another team's legit 7 footers on 
parade. And yes, when I just checked, even the Clemson site only 
credits him with 6'9" and it's at the point now where you almost 
automatically cut a few inches off listed height. Probably a lot to 
do with why he was available in the first place. Very active but very 
raw and short. We've got that already with Powe who I'm much more 
confident will at least fight effectively on the boards vs possibly 
just expending a lot of energy trying. It got lost in the loss and 
all the talk of Tony, but Powe coming in and **fiercely** going after 
the boards in a short stint (and after some decidedly soft rebounding 
by Jefferson, who also seems to have received Mark Blount's hands for 
Christmas) clearly gave us the energy we needed to make that run that 
cut the lead from teens down to 4 after the team deflated completely 
with Tony going down.

Kim