Too much time on my hands...

and Greg Oden for Boris Diaw….

and Martell Webster for Mickaël Piétrus

and Mike Conley Jr. for Ronny Turiaf

Then we’d have the Spanish AND French FIBA teams!

you need to somehow re-balance the trades so that you have a team of 5 Spaniards who would all come into the game at the same time, much like the Red Wings did in the mid-90s with their Russian line.

as an enforcer….who needs skills

Let’s get Ruben, ’Sheed, and Bonzi back together

I don’t see why we even do trade number 2. If we’re getting Calderon in trade 3, why do number 2 at all?

I was just thinking about trading in general or actually, more specifically, the constant need to put together a lineup that could play at the all star game. Even the Celtics who acquired 2 all stars and won the title still had huge questions in their lineup. Rondo and Perkins as your starting 1 and 5? No bench? C’mon, even with 3 all stars they can’t win the title. Their team stepped up, improved and won the title. What about the Jordan Bulls? His point guards were BJ Armstrong, John Paxson and Ron Harper (I guess) along with centers like Bill Cartwright and Luc Longley. Ok, maybe the best player ever doesn’t need that much help.

What I’m tying to say is we don’t need to have the perfect team to play well or win a championship. We’ve got Roy, Aldridge and Oden. We’ve got pieces that fit well around them. Blake and Przy are stepping up and playing their best seasons ever. The bench is deep. They like each other and accept their roles. I could go on and on. This team can do it on its own.

the “really bored at work” quote genuinely confuses me.

How can anyone who comes up with such ridiculous ideas manage to get a job?

Yeah, I’m a jerk. I’m an unemployed jerk at that, so there’s an added tinge of bitterness here.