Let's not get carried away here, either. If the supporting cast were so solid, Memphis wouldn't be such a piss poor team. I like a few of those guys, but the rest of them are no more special than your average NBA bench. Rudy G has a chance to be good, I'll give you that one. Mike Miller? 6th man. He's not a dominant NBA shooting guard. Hakim Warrick is a high flyer that doesn't rebound. It's not that he has a bad attitude or anything; he just happens to have less muscle mass than George Ofman. Johnson was a nice 2nd round pickup for them (most expected he would get picked in round 1). He and Lawrence Roberts do a pretty solid job on the glass, but neither player has what you would call a big upside. They are Chris Duhons at the PF position: a pleasant surprise, but still, you're not foolish yourself. Kyle Lowry, I like him a lot actually, but don't crap me - there were several PGs drafted ahead of him last June, and a few more bunched up right behind him. He's got talent, but it's no shoe-in that he's the floor leader on a playoff caliber team.



What the hell is this "we" shit? All of these guys are out on their asses once the team gets sold. Jerry West has already put his house on the market. If the GM gets canned, why would they keep his assistants around?

And for the record, Vescey is the same guy who, 30 days ago, wrote that Gasol was a goner. In fact, he said "I put this out there with utter certainty." Now, suddenly, Memphis has no interest in moving him? Sounds to me like Vecsey is serving as a mouthpiece for his old pal Jerry West. Again, 55 hours to deadline, don't believe a word you hear.

Rudy Burrito, LOL! That's pretty funny!

And for the record, Vescey is the same guy who, 30 days ago, wrote that Gasol was a goner. In fact, he said "I put this out there with utter certainty." Now, suddenly, Memphis has no interest in moving him? Sounds to me like Vecsey is serving as a mouthpiece for his old pal Jerry West. Again, 55 hours to deadline, don't believe a word you hear.

Well, BD, your boy Shareef is getting some media play this afternoon. Might be a ploy by Pax to make Jerry West sweat, or he could really be bailing out on the Gasol sweepstakes. I don't have a big objection to picking up Rahim, but I'd much rather swing a deal with Phoenix for Kurt Thomas instead. We'll see. 20 hours to go...

He's not what he used to be, that's for sure, but he could definitely be a decent role player for us. My only fear is the possibility of him being a bad contract for us down the road. But I'd have to believe that Pax has the go ahead, financially speaking, from Reinsdorf to move forward with something like this. No way he compromises his ability to resign Luol, Gordon, and Nocioni over somebody like Shareef.