lovehoops01 wrote:I am just saying that neither Mo Williams nor Andray Blatche has put their teams in position to win anything. Mo is playing with Michael Redd and Andrew Bogut and Charlie Villanueva, all guys coveted by some here on this board. For most of the season, Blatche has been playing with all-stars Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison, who at least by reputation are more all-stars than the Magic have on their roster, and they do not have a better record right now. That is even without Arenas being there all season. Plus, Blatche still is only averaging 7.2 and 5.3 rebounds, even with Etan Thomas out all season. To me, Blatche wasn't on anyone's radar. The Wizards didn't even rush to re-sign him (and he was restricted anyway).
Gerald Wallace is a good player in his own right and I would have been OK with signing him. My main concern with him was he had a tendency to be kind of injury prone.
I heard Grant say all those things, but he didn't end up here, did he? And Hedo wasn't going anywhere so if the Magic were going to be any good, then one of the two of them was going to end up playing shooting guard. Gerald Wallace is a small forward, too. So you would've had the same problem with him.
The Magic are doing better this season with Rashard than we did last season with Grant -- though Van Gundy's style of coaching might have something to do with that, too. Did the Magic pay a lot for Rashard? Yes. Would they have been better if they had signed someone else instead? I don't know. At this point, I can't change it, and it could have been worse. Maybe they wouldn't have signed Rashard and Grant would have left for Phoenix and Gerald Wallace would have stayed in Charlotte.
Mo williams is a quality starter at the point. If Miami had got him this summer, we would have been in trouble. Good thing we get to watch Chris Quinn suck it up for the rest of the year.
Blatche is a solid big man now, who can be great by the end of his deal. He has like 4 years after this one and he makes only $3 Million annually. The only reason he went so late, and at a discount, is because he got into some legal trouble right around they time they were attempting to close the deal. He is 6'11" 250 and has great timing on rebounding and blocks. the reason he doesn't play more is because Jamison is an All-Star and Haywood is having a great year. The guy was born in 1986. Getting him could have gave us a solid front line for the next decade if we played it right.
We probably wouldn't have been able to sign them both outright, but if we would have tried to sign and trade using guys like Nelson, Darko, Battie, Arroyo or Ariza as bait, maybe that would have enticed their tems to let them go.