It's not really all that obvious. Everyone is down on 'Sheed for his
attitude/performance in most of the Boston series. But getting rid of
him would leave a huge hole -- it's not as if Detroit has another
plausible starting center: Johnson isn't ready, Maxiell isn't big
enough, McDyess is too small and too old, Ratliff is old and was never
really all that good, although he does try. And it's not like Detroit
is going to get a young, healthy, problem-free center with a good post-
up game and good defensive skills in exchange for 'Sheed and 'Sheed
alone.

Beyond that, it's hard to know exactly what this team needs. All the
starters, except arguably for McDyess, are in the upper echelon of
their positions. It's not like we're trying to surround a superstar
or two with a better supporting cast. In my broken-record mode, I'm
going to keep sayying, as I have since 2005, that we need a decent
backup SF (it was sad both how many minutes Prince played in the
playoffs, and how often Detroit went to three guards when he was
out). That's not going to be enough, though.

Flip Saunders is out,,,,in is Avery Johnson.

Chauncy is traded straight up for Allen Iverson.
Allen is more dedicated and Billups is past due for going home.

Dyss and Maxiell serve dual minutes covering the power forward position.

Rip and Prince stay put.

Sheed never was an adequate center...let's see what he's worth by
putting his moody ass on the trade block.

We need to shed a few guards as well,,Dixon, maybe Affalo, we're holding
too many.

rdjio@webtv.net wrote:

"We"?
It is pretty dumb for fans to use that like they are part of the team, for
you as the worst anti-fan it is like a blood sucking parasite referring to
itself and the host as we....

--
Laurel T
There are three kinds of men.
The one that learns by reading.
The few who learn by observation.
The rest of them have to pee on the
electric fence for themselves.
Will Rogers

On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 23:45:14 -0400, rdjio@webtv.net wrote:

Flip is out but Johnson is not the answer. He couldn't get Dallas
with all of their talent over the hump. He wouldn't do any better in
Detroit.

Allen's used by date is nearly the same as Chauncy's and who has
gotten their team further in the playoffs? Iverson couldn't get his
team out of the first round.

Which they did all season. Where have you been?

No kidding.

On Jun 2, 11:45 pm, rd...@webtv.net wrote:

Why bring in a proven choker? Oh wait, Joe did bring in Saunders...

On Jun 3, 9:51 am, "Terraholm" hotmail.com> wrote:

The fans bring in some of the revenue for the teams, so they have
every right to say "we".

On Jun 2, 11:45 pm, rd...@webtv.net wrote:

I can see Joe getting something going if he thought he could get
Iverson. I'm not sure if it would be so straight up. I think Philly
would want to make sure they were in great position if they let him
go. They would want to improve several positions, so it would be
multiplayer, and we can only hope that Joe could get another good
thing packaged with Ivey, either through Philly alone, or more
likel

I can see Joe getting something going if he thought he could get
Iverson. I'm not sure if it would be so straight up. I think Philly
would want to make sure they were in great position if they let him
go. They would want to improve several positions, so it would be
multiplayer, and we can only hope that Joe could get another good
thing packaged with Ivey, either through Philly alone, or more
likely-- a multi-team deal.

We can really use a player who can't be shut down in the paint and is
still hungry;we can afford to give up a piece or two to shake things
up. What we'd have left would still be more of a supporting cast than
Iverson's ever had to work with.

NB wrote:

On Jun 3, 11:54 am, SkippyPB nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote: