This question is for the new jersey General Manager.
I think you have some fairly serious front court questions that need addressing.
1.) Has Brand lost what he once had after his severe injury of two year ago? he has only played in 37 games over two years and his numbers have only declined each time he has come back.
2.) Rasheed Wallace is getting on in years, his numbers have been consistently mediocre for a man with his obvious talents and has shown signs of being disinterested quite a lot? Can he really be depended on to give your team 32 MPG and 12 and 7 any longer because it's fairly obvious he isn't going to give you numbers that are better than that?
3.) Drew Gooden has never played for a team where he didn't wear out his welcome fairly quickly and been sent packing. Did you take a risk in drafting a man so many other GMs have given up on so quickly? There are obvious problems there.
4.) Kwame Brown and Eddie Curry are two of the LARGEST, in every way possible, #1 draft pick busts of the last 20 years along with Michael Olowakandi. They both have been bad recently with Curry embarrassing himself last year. Do you regret making such risky pick ups when front court bench players the caliber of Brian Scalabrine, Reggie Evans, Darius Songalia, Rasho Nesterovic, Dan Gadzuric, Joe Smith and Fabricio Oberto were still on the board?
1. I don't think Brand has lost it. Brand wasn't a player that relied on physical gifts (outside of strength) so injuries aren't going toeffct him as much as it would other players. I feel Brand is healthy, and willing to roll the dice on it, but only time will tell, and we will all know for sure once the season gets underway.
2. Hoping to keep Sheed closer to 28 minutes than 32. And I feel Sheed produces when on a solid team with solid structure that I feel we have. Also playing next to Brand will help Sheed as more attention will need to be focused on Brand. When has Sheed had that kind of help down low recently?
3. Honestly, I've never heard of Gooden wearing out his welcome ever. He's just been a victim of teams needing his salary to make trades work. He always seems to have been sought after to me. Wikipedia didn't list a source for this but it says about Gooden "He is also considered a good guy on and off the court, and was named one of the "Good Guys in Sports" by The Sporting News." If there are stories of Gooden being a problem that I'm not aware of then feel free to share. But I think you're confusing a victim of trades and salary dumps with being a problem.
4. High risk, high reward. I don't have any of these guys higher than 10 on my overall depth chart and I think I can get by without either of them contributing (of course then I have to play Sheed more than I want...). In 2008, Curry put up 13 and 5. 13 and 5 isn't good for a backup center? In 2007 he put up 20 and 7, if he can play like that again, or even if he can play like he did in 2008 the risk will be worth it. And just because Curry and Kwame were busts as top picks doesn't mean they can't play basketball. I'm not looking at them to start or be main contributors so the bust label is misleading here. I don't know how much of a bust you can be as a 10th man, both are starting caliber NBA players. Of the players you mentioned that I didn't pick I think the potential reward is much greater with Curry and Kwame (of course potential loss is greater too, this deep in my bench I'm willing to take the risk
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