I think Donnie knows for a fact he is getting rid of Curry, so we don’t need to be as nervous about the money situation. We can’t just let everyone go and keep acquiring rookies hoping that we will be good enough by 2010 to win a ring if we sign LeBron. We need to be a good team to begin with. I trust DW, MD, and David Lee. I think we should sign Lee, shut down shop for the summer, and focus on getting a first rounder for next year and dumping curry; those should be our priorites from here on out.

Lee is one of those guys that most fans either overrate or underrate.

The stats guys love him because he’s a very efficient scorer and rebounds well.

But they tend to love anyone that’s an efficient scorer even if he’s only got enough skill to give you 8 points a night and makes life more difficult on everyone else. LOL Plus, as valuable as rebounding is at a team level, it’s a fairly fungible and easy skill to replacel. Good rebounders are a dime a dozen. It would not shock me if Hill is grabbing close to 10 rebounds a night (per 36 minutes) by the end of his rookie year.

The non stats guys don’t like him because he has no outside shot, can’t block shots, doesn’t play good defense, isn’t a go to guy at crunch time at all, and feel his stats from last year were padded by the pace of the team (D’Antoni’s system).

The truth is somewhere in between.

It never hurts to have a very efficient scorer around the basket that can give you double digit points and rebounds every night.

But Lee is a somewhat limited guy. He’s a mildly above average starting PF.

So just how much is mildly above average starting PF worth?

I see Lee signing for under 8 mil for 4 – 5 years…. That should bother nobody. If we can clear curry and/or jefferies we will have max flexibility and a solid cast of young, talented players going into 2010.

Even signing n8 is not a bad move… but i think n8 gets flipped somewhere… im thinkin phoenix for nash… with nash here we are playoff team this year.