I hope to use Pietrus to move Foyle, hoping for a serviceable shooter to fit in behind Richardson or take over at the 3 and backup pointguard realizing we're a predictable Baron injury away from one of the stiffs we acquired from Utah getting significant playing time.  I don't mind the Utah deal, done in order to essentially retroactively make Fisher's deal into a reasonable 2 year deal.  (Fisher wasn't a bad contract at the intial price, but it was too long and Mullin was wise to get out of the bad part of the deal when Fisher will make more as an over-the-hill-undersized-combo-guard.)  I doubt that I'll be able to move Foyle though at the time and think more about the Feb deadline when suckers show up who think that a 'defensive minded bigman' will help them and don't seem to realize that  this 'defensive minded bigman' hasn't helped us, but 'preparing for the playoffs' make rich owners and GMs do dumb things.  I hope that Pietrus's athleticism and potential and a "defensive minded bigman" sound appealing to someone who doesn't have to watch them every damn game and as such may not realize how totally ineffective they can be.

If possible, I try to get Wilcox.  While I'm not convinced he's going to be significantly more of an impact than Murphy, Murphy seems to have some rather silent statistics and stats bear out that he's a defensive-liability.  If I can manage a swap with him going out and about the same salary coming back for CW, I do it and I package Pietrus for a broken toaster if need be. Wilcox does things that help teams win: he hits the majority of his shots and he rebounds reasonably well ergo he doesn't waste possessions.  He was more or less neutral to Seattle's defense, but I've got to be a sucker for 'potential' in some guys and I like him as a combo two headed PF with Ike more than I like Murphy in that role.  I don't go significantly more in dollar value than Murphy's salary though.  

Did I mention that I'd do whatever it took to make sure that we stopped pretending like Pietrus was anything other than a detriment to the team?

I bite down hard and realize that Dunleavy's deal was bad.  I show game films to the coaching staff that indicates that Dunleavy played well when he played "out of position" and had to step up and compete inside at the 4 in the "small" lineup or had to sub for an injured Richardson or Baron in the backcourt.  Since he was a high school pg who played pf in college, it's not surprising that he'd be a 1-2-4 'tweener' who seems inept at his "natural" position.  I bring him off the bench to sub at these three positions as it seems to bring out the competitive spark that sticking him at wing forward brings out less often than Benitez has an easy time in the 9th.  If the coach doesn't listen, I fire him and insult his family pet in the process.  In a year, maybe Dunleavy can bring back value but right now making the BYC work means finding a bigger sucker than presently exists.

I call up every GM in the league and ask about their coffee maker.  If it's working, I see if they're willing to give it to me for Pietrus.  If it's not, I see if they've got a second round pick that they'd toss in to sweeten the deal, but they can still have Pietrus for the coffee maker. I resign myself to not care if Pietrus develops knowing that here he'd ask for a bunch of money to continue to dribble off his foot more often than he grabs rebounds or makes effective passes.  

I worry about Baron's health and conditioning, but I do not panic, recalling the second and third rate PGs we've suffered through before him and how hard it was when people on boards wondered if Vonteego Cummings or Dean Oliver, not the stats consultant and author for the Sonics would be improvements over the has been Mookie and the never really was Bimbo Coles.  I see if I can trade Pietrus for some sessions with a sports psychologist for Baron to make him realize that fewer long range shots would help the team.

I get on the phones and try to move Pietrus, and, barring that, see if I can get his visa taken away while he's overseas for the world championships.