I'd like to call a moratorium to all the complaining on this site.  Especially when everyone is repeating everyone else.

Here's some perspective...

Players, not Mullin, determine their own fates.  Baron wanted to leave, and unless we mortgaged the future for a great but injury prone pg we weren't going to keep him (in fact, even if we matched I wouldn't be suprised if he still went to Lala land). 

Brand wants to play in the East where he can go further in the playoffs than in the west and he can still get paid - smart guy.

Maggette isn't equal to Baron but he does give us scoring, toughness and a new offensive option when the clock winds down besides jacking threes with his and-one ability. Plus, this ability will help address the problems that zone defenses gave us last year.

If we get Turiaf we will get a solid backup PF and center to provide something people asked for on this site - interior defense, rebounding, and strength to shove Boozer around.

If we get a decent back up PG and trade Al harrington so that Wright can develop we may not be as good as last year but i don't think we will suck. It is rare that a team with three guys who can average more than twenty a game really sucks.  Remeber, Nellie's teams will ALWAYS be based on scoring more than the other team - not on good defense.

Finally, we don't know how good Monta can be as a pg, because Baron was always the guy.  Also, he has improved an element of his game each year (this past year he rebounded much better, showed leadership, and let the game come to him more) so why can't he learn to pass better and play defense better? He's still a young player.  Biedrins has gotten better each year as well - I love how he improved his FT shooting last year.

Let's see what this team can do before we write them off.  No more crying!