No crack-head trade ideas here, and no EBrand dreaming either. Just some middling  half tongue-in-cheek suggestions for Mully to, well, mull over as he tries to straddle the fence between actually trying to make the playoffs and build for the future. I'll save the diatribe about the wasted TPE for later. Check out the list, Mullin could (and may) do worse. I say let's snap these guys up before someone else does.

Baron, CJ
Ellis*, Bellinelli
Jackson, Randolph (1)
Harrington, Wright, Hendrix (2)
Beidrins*, Kosta

That’s our current roster assuming Ellis & Beidrins are resigned and KAz, MP, Barnes, POB (there’s a stretch) are not. We don’t have the money for them, but we still have a nice going away prize for Adonal Foyle courtesy of Chris Mullin. Kosta is still on the roster, no? He hasn’t been sent back across the pond yet, right?

So, where do we go for some cheap, un-drafted talent that isn’t likely to play next season anyway and who might become part of the future?

Why glad you asked, here’s Chad Ford’s best of the rest, otherwise known as the un-drafted underclassmen of 2008 (we wouldn’t be interested in any graduating seniors because, well they’ve proven their potential and underclassmen are still brimming with upside.)

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=katz_andy&id=3462999

And before you dismiss Chad’s acumen, think about what YOU could scrape up as grist for Mullin, at bargain basement prices mind you! Put this crew up against the overpriced veterans we might trade for or sign, and think about poor Cohan's budget.

Jamont Gordon, Mississippi State
    6’4, 225 SG avg 7 rpg & between 13-17 ppg over three seasons, plus 5 apg – he would be an upgrade over Bellinelli simply on his opponents’ level of competition alone.

Keith Brumbaugh, Hillsbrough CC
    6’9, 190, SF – a scorer who had some “off court problems” who nonetheless would challenge Bellinelli for minutes. I write that assertively having not watched one minute of him playing. Plus, he fits the physical profile.

Shawn James, Duquesne
    6’9, 217 PF avg 12.5 ppg, 7-8 rpg over two seasons. So what he was involved in a shooting, so was Jackson. He’s big, he scores, he rebounds. Oh ya, he had 6.5 bpg with only 2.9 pf pg, shot .528 from the field, and 77% from the FT line. Uh, we could use some of that!

C.J. Giles, Oregon State
    6’11 235, C averaged 2 bpg, 6ppg, 5rpg in PAC10 – Ford described him as a “less polished Marcus Camby” who could be absolutely no worse than POB and could pan out better than Kosta. Lots of PAC10 players went in this draft, maybe he was overlooked?

Davon Jefferson, USC
    6’7,  213 12 ppg, +6 rpg, who cares that his assist to turnover rate was 1:3 he’s going to shoot first anyway – instant offense off the bench. Think poor-man’s Ricky Davis. No position listed because it doesn't matter where you put him, the result will be the same - perfect for a Nelson coached team.

who would you pick out of this motley crew?!