Trade for Okafor

what are you talking about? they have Sean May. And now Boris Diaw. (sarcasm)

Brandan Wright would be included in the trade.

First off, I want to say that I’m not down on Wright at all. Wright is going to be a very good player. However, I’m not sure if his rebounding will ever be as good as his ability to score the ball. But I think Wright will turn into a 20 ppg 8rpg player some day.

Now, the problem as mentioned before, with starting Wright and Biedrins together is:
1. Both of them together, are too light in the ass to handle most opposing front courts.
2. Wright is not a good enough rebounder on the defensive ends, and constantly let’s his man move him out of the way for second chance points.
3. Wright does not take any pressure off Biedrins defensively, on the glass, nor does he have the consistency and range on his jumpshot to take pressure off of Biedrins offensively.

My argument for keeping Randolph(who’s not overrated) over Wright:
1. Randolph will be able to come off of the bench for player like Okafor and give the line-up an entirely different look, as it seems his jumpshot is improving and he could allow Biedrins some wiggling room if he’s scoring with it.
2. Randolph’s ballhandling, passing skills, and overall speed & quickness will allow him to match up with most 3’s in the league, and this will enable him to also share minutes with Jackson and Azubuike at the SF spot.
3. Randolph is a better all around player. He’s more fearless. He wants to be great and believes that nothing will stop him from doing so. He screamed in Yao’s face. His jumpshot is surprisingly accurate and looks as if he could add range to it, making him even more of a passing/shooting threat in our offense. He goes after the boards more, he runs better, he IS a freak. In other words, probability points to him being more of an impact player in the league.
5. His shotblocking ability along with Okafor’s would offer a double threat on that end at the 3 and 4 spots, while Biedrins would not have to worry as much about defending the rim, getting into foul trouble, and can focus mainly on collecting rebounds.

So in this sense, trading Wright is the answer. Maggette and his contract will not likely get us a player like Emeka Okafor, and I’m not an advocate of trading what will obviously be a lottery pick this year for him. I’m sure the salaries are close for a Wright/Maggette, Okafor swap…and like others have said, he is exactly what we need on this team.

B-WRIGHT and MJ
Just because the Cats traded Wright on draft day means absolutely nothing. What it does mean, is that they wanted J-Rich, who Jordan thought he was going to be better than he was. Who’s to say MJ, the worst GM in the league, wouldn’t say yes to a trade that benefits both sides? Brandan Wright was not a convincingly “great player” coming out of the draft despite his huge upside, for Jordan(and friend Rod Higgins) to turn around and say, “the deal is off” after everyone had already put their d*cks on the table was not likely to happen despite of any favor they may have felt towards Brandan.

sorry, we’re already full of bad/undesired players like maggs, jack, crawford and you want to give up azubuike, turiaf and wright, the most “warriors” of the team?

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