Also since when is picking your spots a bad thing. A well run offense has only people picking their spots and very few shots being forced up. I think players like Lee and Childress that contibute to the offense efficiently should be applauded not criicized for not throwing up poor shots.

Also I think Josh Smith is a terrible offensve player. He has never had a TS% at even the league average, and has every single year been acually less efficient than Crawford. He also insists on shooting 1.4 three pointers per 36 minutes despite having a career 3pt% of 26.3%. To put that in perspective Jeffries has a career 3pt% of 25.3%. Johnson on the othe hand is a high usage but overall averagely efficient offensive player. I do not think Childress needs Johnson and Smith to be effective.

I think a good offense needs three medium usage players and two high usage ones. Childress and Lee are both medium usage and extremely efficient.

We would then need higher usage players at the two and five which we have in cCrawford, who I would move if we got Smith, and Curry, who I believe D’Antoni likes and would be hard to move anyway.

That just leaves the PG position whch I think should always be medium efficiency because ball dominating PG guards tend to stagnate the offense, and I hope gets filled with Rose.

http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1119474/index.htm#

I’m overseas right now. Does anyone know if the ceremony will be broadcast on line?

Heat
Sonics
Wolves
Grizz
Knicks
Clippers
Bucks
Bobcats
Bulls
Nets
Pacers
Kings
Blazers
Warriors

as they turn over the cards, you need to root for every team below us to come up in order (Warriors, then Blazers, etc). any team skipped is a top 3 spot gone. after the Clippers, you need to burst a blood vessel in your head hoping that the Grizzlies are the next one shown, that means we would have jumped to the top 3.

D’Antoni is representing NY tonight. LET’S GO KNICKS!

Balkman
Chandler
Richardson
Childress
Jeffries

I think five wings may be too many. Worse yet, the best shooter in the group is Chandler. And lets face it, all we know for sure is that Chandler performed well during the “play out the string” portion of the season. Four wings that cant shoot does not seem to fit D’antoni’s system.

Don’t drink the Childress Kool-Aid. He plays well because he has Smith and Johnson around to keep defenses honest. He has decent shooting percentages because his FGA numbers are below average. He picks his spots.
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I would move Randolph for Martin and a pick because it could be addition by subtraction ala Portland. Plus we need to stockpile picks for the rebuilding process. Get a Donte Green at 20, a wing with offensive skills. That would be better than Childress far cheaper and preserves roster flexability.

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I am not a fan of the MLE. In the wrong hands, (from an undisclosed location in Europe, Isiah Thomas cringes) the MLE can saddle your team with an overpaid marginal player for five years. Think about it, only a marginal player would take the entire MLE. If you thought you could make more you would take a 2-3 year deal, then either hit the FA market, or get your team to sign you after your “Bird” rights vest. A guy takes the entire MLE when he knows he could never do better. See Burger King James, Jeffries, Vlad Rad, Tim Thomas. On the other hand is Deshawn Stevenson, who took fewer dollars to put himself in position for a big pay off later. Long story short, dont throw the MLE at Childress.
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If you want to run, you need rebounding and outlet passing…so, yeah, Love does fit in. I also hear that he is working out, getting much stronger, more definition….