Trader Ed

Who is going to play the PF spot?

Will Viktor be placed into a starting role now at PF?

I know Theo and Joel are starting now... and its working ok.

But if Rahim is dealt we are out both Randolph and Rahim for the remainder of the year. Randolph out with a knee injury which requires surgery apparently.

Theo is not exactly a scoring machine... so we are out a consistant 20/8-10 player at the 4 spot... 2x over... Randolph/Rahim

Rahim is just getting ready to play again this week and has looked good in practice again.

and yes it will depend on who Rahim is traded for to fuilly understand the implications. I am just concerned we have no legitame PF who can score. But I think maybe Viktor can do it.

Thoughts?

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Is it a fact that Randolph is out for the season? I mean is it written in stone that his knee is that messed up? I need to trade him in fantasy basketball if this is a fact........HELPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!

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RedHot&Rolling

Ruben can play PF. Victor can play PF. Theo can play some PF. With our season the way it is - let's put that three guard lineup a try. Remember: LOSSES = Higher Lottery Pick!!! With this team the way it is currently or even with the SAR,Outlaw for PP, Banks, we still need a high draft pick. We haven't been in this position in a long long long time to get a top 8 pick!!

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Spoolie Gee

If this Pierce deal goes down... let's tank the season, get a really good draft pick, then come back next year with a healthy team loaded in talent at all positions.

In other words, play anyone at the PF spot... anyone.

Sambonius

Paul won't let that happen even if it was the team's decision. I would say that if Paul was on the team minus Shareef and maybe one of the midget guards we would get no lower than 8th or 9th pick, Paul is too competitve to let us slide anymore further. If we get Paul, I don't know if it would be necessary to draft a SG anymore, since Monia is supposed to be coming over as well. I would just draft the best possible talent, Tiago Splitter is interesting.

SheedSoNasty

Either Miles or Rube can play the PF. Granted that they probably won't do as good a job as either Zach or SAR in most aspects of the game, but Darius can somewhat hold his own because of his length and height, while Ruben can do some damage with his strength.

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Masbee

The season is shot anyway. What does it matter if we have a legit PF or not?

We can easily finish out the season with a hodgepodge front-line.

Guys who can spell time at the 4:

Theo, Joel, Miles, Ruben, Khryapa, Outlaw. And what do we get for SAR? Maybe one of those pieces is a 4 or 5? Mo loves small lineups anyway.

If we trade SAR for Paul Pierce, I can't see Boston sending PP out without also including Raef LaFrentz.

Guess who can man the 4 if PP comes to town? Here is a possible lineup to finish out the season:

PG: Telfair
SG: Pierce
SF: Miles
PF: LaFrentz
C: Joel

you got 2 penetrators/slashers, Telfair and Miles,
you got 2 guys that can spread the floor, Pierce and LaFrentz
you got a rebounder, role-player, Joel
you got 2 shot-blockers, Joel and LaFrentz
you got a game closer, Pierce

That's a nice mix.

Foulzilla

I agree with Masbee. Unless Nash does a couple spectacular trades, this season is down the tubes anyways. It doesn't matter who plays PF.