And, it is forbidden to mention Kwame Brown's name on this site. Forbidden. Forboden. Nada. Don't go there. Never again. On the Lakers TopBuzz website he was voted the worst Laker player of all times. He was booed by laker fans almost for an entire game one night, every time he even touched the ball. There is a reason the Griz did not play him or resign him after being traded there by the Lakers. So don't even start with this. He has the worst hands in the history of the NBA. And he has no upside. He is not ever going to get any better. So, if you want to kill your offense, pass the ball to Kwame. He will lose it, fumble it, dribble it off his foot, or eat it. This has no place in our new run and gun, uptempo offense. So if anybody mentions his name again, you will be banned.

And, it is forbidden to mention Kwame Brown's name on this site. Forbidden. Forboden. Nada. Don't go there. Never again. On the Lakers TopBuzz website he was voted the worst Laker player of all times. He was booed by laker fans almost for an entire game one night, every time he even touched the ball. There is a reason the Griz did not play him or resign him after being traded there by the Lakers. So don't even start with this. He has the worst hands in the history of the NBA. And he has no upside. He is not ever going to get any better. So, if you want to kill your offense, pass the ball to Kwame. He will lose it, fumble it, dribble it off his foot, or eat it. This has no place in our new run and gun, uptempo offense. So if anybody mentions his name again, you will be banned.

I prefer to keep Camby instead of making experiments with Josh Smith playing as PF in the West. Furthermore we could be stronger for the 2010 free agency to land a player like Bosh...

Josh Smith means less minutes for Thornton, overpay a player (more than 10 mil dollars) who is still unmature, who still hasn't got a proven shot, to do an experiment playing him as a PF and give us less flexibility for the future operations...

Whew, I feel better now. I thought that maybe somebody actually wanted that player whose name we won't mention to be a Clipper. The Hawks may want him as a back up center since he is not going to start for anybody. In fact he will probably get only the vets minimum at this point and feel lucky to even have a job. On the hand, Camby could play center or PF for the Hawks. So, if Josh threatens them with a trade me or I will only sign a one year deal and then become unrestricted next summer demand, the Hawks may go for it instead of losing him and getting nothing in return. And Camby isn't over priceed for the level of play and contribution he gives. So, the Clips are in a good spot as well either way.

I like camby over Smith.

Thinking: we are not going to get a perfect line-up (this isn't a video game). Camby can do what we need from a PF: Board and defend. The other four starters can score in different ways.

The line-up is not perfect, it is a little unbalanced, but I think with Smith it would be even more odd and unbalanced. We got thrashed on the boards last year because Kaman was the only guy hitting it (and he did awesome). He needs help and that's what a PF is supposed to do. If you can't get rebs, you can't get out on the break ... in which case we'd be underutilizing Baron's abilities.

I like camby over Smith.

Thinking: we are not going to get a perfect line-up (this isn't a video game). Camby can do what we need from a PF: Board and defend. The other four starters can score in different ways.

The line-up is not perfect, it is a little unbalanced, but I think with Smith it would be even more odd and unbalanced. We got thrashed on the boards last year because Kaman was the only guy hitting it (and he did awesome). He needs help and that's what a PF is supposed to do. If you can't get rebs, you can't get out on the break ... in which case we'd be underutilizing Baron's abilities.

Even if the Camby experiment doesnt work, they have the flexibility to make changes next year and definitely the year after that. They are renting him for 2 years. If they get J. Smith and it doesn't workout they will have him for four more years probably and then we will be stuck with him. Camby offers less risk and more reward on a quicker timeline.

If we can trade for Josh Smith at close to 10 million a year, it's almost too great of an opportunity to pass up. It seems like the two biggest gripes about Smith are his attitude and that he's not good enough to guard the elite western PFs. Both are legitimate but...

1) Is his attitude really that bad? It's not like we're talking about Ron Artest here. He's a kid and kid's mature.

2) What "elite" power forwards are we talking about? This is a conference where Shawn Marion played the 4 spot just fine, and Amare Stoudemire was an effective center. Currently the best PFs in the west are Duncan, Gasol, Boozer, and David West. Duncan looked very old this post-season, Gasol was proven to be a sissy, Boozer is a "no show" in clutch situations, and David West's stalky frame could be taken advantage of by a long defender.

Keep in mind that these guys would have to GUARD Smith. I think Duncan would pull his back within a few minutes.

What Kool-Aid are you drinking?