Has Anyone Actually Looked at What McHale has Done?
So I was toying around with possible trades for Kevin Garnett during some free time this afternoon (hey, it’s what I do). I just thought I would let the Suns fans know that a deal involving Amare Stoudemire and Kurt Thomas for Kevin Garnett is financially feasible. Although, that deal would not go down until very late in the summer because of Amare’s BYC status and Kurt’s Last-year status. Kurt Thomas cannot be traded until this season is officially over and the new season begins . Same for Amare once he gets out of base year compensation status.
There were several other deals for Garnett that worked out for Phoenix. A package of Amare, Diaw, Jones, and Banks works as well. WAIT, DIAW IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR TEAM! All Suns fans would say. Right. That was two years ago when Amare was out for the year. This year he was out of shape and demoted to the piont that he was barely the seventh man behind James Jones and/or Barbosa. Moving Diaw and Amare for K.G. is an upgrade defensively. As I have discussed before, Amare is severly lacking on the defensive end. He makes stupid fouls for slapping, and then he gets caught fouling when he rotates lazily and is slow to get into position. That doesn’t happen with K.G.
Anyway, my real point for this post is the complete disgrace that is the Minnesota lineup. Look at this:
Kevin Garnett (two years left) - Superstar. We all know that, but he has missed the postseason for three straight years.
Mark Blount (three years left) - Excellent when he wants to be. For the other 95% of the season, he has bad hands, plays no defense, and generally appears apathetic on the court.
Ricky Davis (1 year left, so he’s a gem) - Shoots way too much and way too early in the shot clock. Selfish and probably parties too hard off the court. His defense is severely lacking to boot.
Troy Hudson (three years left) - Turned his one solid postseason series against the Lakers (granted he was amazing for that series) into a major money deal, and has not been healthy since. He can score, but shoots too many bad shots. Think of an always injured version of Earl Boykins.
Marko Jaric (four years left) - I have never seen Jaric where he looks showered and sober. I don’t know what else to say about him. By the way, this is who they brought in to replace Sam “big cajones/big shots” Cassell. Brilliant!
Mike James (three years left) - Shoot first point guard. I really like his ability to score, but he just doesn’t fit with this team, if you can call it that. He would be better served playing the bootleg role of Chauncey Billups (without the defense).
Trenton Hassell (three years left) - The next jumper he hits will be the first in two years. He’s like Bruce Bowen, ten years from now, with no defense and no three point shot. He starts by the way.
Randy Foye (three years left, rookie deal) - He should be the budding star to play alongside Garnett, but I fear he has already picked up too many bad habits from Ricky Davis, Mark Blount and Troy Hudson. Does he flounder before he ever gets a chance?
Mark Madsen (three years left) - He’s goofy, uncoordinated, and generally sucks on the court. He makes Eduardo Najera look like Allen Iverson. The next jumper he makes will be the first of his CAREER. He probably belongs on the Wild roster. Other than that, I love his game.
Rashad McCants (two years left) - Think Ricky Davis, but much shorter and younger. He does have range though.
Justin Reed (two years left) - He is actually a great pick up. He could be a solid role player for a winning team. He does the hustle stuff, and would be willing to do whatever a coach asked of him. Unfortunately, he can’t turn the rest of this roster into sane basketball players.
Bracey Wright (no years left) Remember the O’Bannon brothers? Bracey will be joining them soon in the hyped college prospect to never translate to an NBA game.
Craig Smith (one year left) Second-round steal for the ‘Wolves. Quite possibly the most tradeable asset they have. Too bad they are over the cap and he makes nothing.
By the way, the ‘Wolves refused to package Eddie Griffin in any deals for two years, because of all of his talent. Go back through the above roster, and tell me this, where is he? If he is not there, what did they get for him? Oh, nothing.
Next question, why does Kevin McHale still have a job? Look at this mess, then think about how much they lost out on in the Joe Smith debacle. Then realize that he did not resign Chauncey Billups. He also drafted a Ndudi Ebi with a first round pick when they finally had one, Ebi’s greatest contribution to the NBA was the fact that his first name reminded everyone of how Kevin McHale has run this franchise. (For the slow ones out there, it is pronounced D-O-O-D-I-E!)
Agggghhhhh! Why am I still working in a law firm in Kentucky, when he gets to run an NBA franchise? I don’t care that he is one of the 5 best power forwards of all time, and yes I have a list:
1. Tim Duncan
2. Karl Malone
3. Kevin McHale
4. Charles Barkley
5. Kevin Garnett
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1,098,000. Me (in high school)
1,098,001. Mark Madsen
Enjoy the weekend. Peace out!
