nate33 wrote:BruceO wrote:am I the only one who'd trade Caron and Jamison for Vince and Yi? Vince is a better go to scorer and Yi is potentially a better PF mold than Jamison and he can hit that outside shot our system needs while being able to rebound.
Yes. You are the only one.
Over the next 4 years, Jamison will be better than Carter because his game won't decline as much due to age. Jamison is also considerably cheaper.
And Butler is so much better than Yi that it's not worth discussing.
lol How do you know Jamison will be better than Carter and his game won't decline as much. Also it's not about getting Carter it's about getting Yi and a willingness to take Carter on in the meantime. And during that meantime Carter's production won't be a huge reduction from what Caron could give us. If Carter declines and finally gets off our books we have just that, Carter off our books. Also I think you undervalue how good Yi can potentially be. I guess it's not worth discussing that our SF can't defend other SF's. that he couldn't even get the assignment to Defend Tmac during the closing quarter. That we have Deshawn defending Lebron most of the time despite being 3 inches shorter and not as remarkable a defender as he's made out to be.
My two ideas. The possibiity of Trading Arenas for Calderon and Bargagni and the possibility of trading Caron and Antwan for Carter and Yi is based on whether or not these guys can become championship caliber PF's. Not the kind of PF we have currently who doesn't contribute to Team D and can be exploited at the championship games by the likes of Rasheed, Amare, Dirk, Duncan, Garnett and Gasol. Pretty much ever PF we meet at that level can exploit Jamison. This isn't going to magically change. I'd rather have vince who will dominate most Sg's at the championship level than Jamison who will be dominated at that level. So how will Jamison not declining help us solve that? He still doesn't magically get to play at that level. It's that simple.