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Has often been a topic of discussion on this board as people have debated giving him a shot.

I saw this on Dime's Smack:

The Celtics and Heat both worked out Patrick O’Bryant recently, but Pat was reportedly given the business by ‘08 undrafted hopeful Brian Butch and some other no-names in his Boston workout and looked out of shape compared to everyone else there. Here we were certain that O’Bryant was gonna follow the lineage of being the next David Harrison — who is already the next Michael Olowokandi down to his looks and everything — and he might not even be in the League long enough to make it happen

Ouch. On the bright side, we have Brian Butch on our summer league team, so maybe we ink him.

I still wouldn't mind the Hawks signing him. With the huge contract Smoove will get and the pay Chill is likely to get. The best we can hope for in terms of bigs in probably a guy like Brian.

Hawks wrote:I still wouldn't mind the Hawks signing him. With the huge contract Smoove will get and the pay Chill is likely to get. The best we can hope for in terms of bigs in probably a guy like Brian.

Are you saying you wouldn't mind Brian Butch or Patrick O'Bryant? Because after reading that I think Butch would be the better idea.

I know it's only a media report, but POB has known all year that his option wasn't picked up. How does he go to a workout with the NBA champs out of shape and without intensity? If he has an ounce of sense he comes in and tries to impress in hopes of landing 1 more payday. A million dollars to practice, travel, and sit the end of the bench seems to be a nice payday to me. I doubt he can make that kind of coin in any other venture.

Patrick doesn't need to be a Atlanta Hawk. We need to focus on providing Solomon Jones with more minutes during the upcoming season and only signing a big that will actually contribute right now.

I wouldn't mind POB on the team. Never know what situation might be right for him and it could be here. I am not expecting him to ever live up to being a lotto pick. He could still be a solid backup big man. As for Brian, well when the contracts Smoove and Chill get. Brian is probably the best big man this team will be able to afford.

If he can't bother to get into shape for millions of dollars, there's no hope for him, as a player.

I can't imagine a guy who claims to want to play in the NBA, who is young enough to get into shape, who has the time to work out every day, who has the money already to hire a trainer and the motivation of establishing his reputation for the rest of his career ...

... NOT showing up in shape.

I like Butch a lot. If O'Bryant can't stop him though, no one should pick him up.

No to Patty O'Furniture, particularly if there are veteran PF-C free agents that could be a more cost-effective option, or other prospects which have demonstrated more upside than downside (Morris? Kwame? DJ Mbangedon? Earl Barron?). Ideally I'd want a low-post bench option that gets on the floor before we resort to Zaza.

Here's POB's 2-minute season hilite reel (including one minute against the vaunted Clippers):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm7zNa5aCy4

~lw3