why would we want him? Curry’s at least as good of a post scorer, and Gasol doesn’t play D either. he’s a way better rebounder, but Lee takes care of that nicely. playing Curry and Gasol together doesn’t seem to make too much sense either.

“Even with our recent travails, the total collapse of Boston, Philly, and Atlanta now puts us at the 9th pick if the draft were today, and Chicago?s at the 22nd.”

of course, with the lottery, that #9 pick could be top 3.

I mean, yeah, it’s not good, but it’s hard to get that worked up over it when all the focus will be on the top 2 – 5 picks. Knowing Isiah we should be able to find something high quality with our pick or trade it up (maybe with Nate?) to get someone handy.

Isiah says in today’s Post he’s planning on sticking with last night’s lineup through the All-Star break at least, which means four more games. I like Frye coming off the bench, but this is going to impact Lee the most, so I guess we’ll see.

we’ve got to split those next four (Clippers at home, Utah/Lakers/GS on the road) to have even a prayer of making a run at the 8th spot. to get in, we’re going to have to finish ahead of two of Indiana/Orlando/Toronto/NJ/Miami, I’d say a minimum of 40 wins are necessary at this point (which means a 19-14 finish) and even that might not be enough.

every win makes it a little less likely we gave the Bulls Oden or Durant, though, so that’s certainly worth cheering hard for.

While they needed a miracle tip-in to beat Charlotte!

Yeah, it is really weird.