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:	post by RustyPS should be working at 2011-02-25 13:23:17

After giving these moves a little time to simmer, I still don't know how I feel about them...I have a bunch of pros and cons about these moves, so its hard to decide

Cons:
- This immediately weakens your bench. You lose Nate, Erden, Harangody, and Daniels (who may not have come back this season anyways, but still), with Shaq, Jermaine, and West still on the shelf. That's a pretty big hit to your bench.
- This has upset your locker room. If you heard KG and Pierce being interviewed after the Denver game last night, they both sounded so depressed. I feel a lot of people put way too much stock in how players feel most of the time, but here, I think its a warranted concern.
- You lose the physical defensive presence in the middle to go up against Howard in the East, and Gasol and Bynum if you face the Lakers in the Finals.
- While Perk had his own health concerns, he has been more stable injury-wise since he's come back than Shaq and Jermaine.

Pros:
- On paper, you've improved your starting 5 because Green is a better player than Perkins overall. This makes your starting 5:
PG - Rondo
SG - Allen
SF - Pierce
PF - Green
C - KG
- These moves gives you a BIG boost for the future. Let's face it, KG, Allen, and Pierce won't be here for much longer, and Green gives you a very good (with potential to be great) player to have after those guys are gone to pair with Rondo. Also, that Clippers pick will probably be a lottery pick, so you SHOULD be getting a very good player for that.
- This gives them roster flexibility to sign a player or two that has been bought out by there current team, ala PJ Brown or Sam Cassell. The name I keep hearing is Troy Murphy, who would be a good fit on this team.
- There are rumblings that this is to open up the money/roster space to sign Dwight Howard after next season, which Tom already bought up. Rondo, Green, and Howard as a new nucleus would be rather formidable if you ask me.

...and I don't know if this is a pro or con, but I heard someone on WEEI say earlier that trading Perk may have been a result of the fact that he turned down a 4-year offer this past offseason, and they knew signing both him and Big Baby would be a challenge, so they chose Baby over Perk.

Going through all that, its tough to make a decision about whether I like what they did or not. I will say that, if everyone is healthy, I would still put their top 11 against any other's in the league and feel confident they could pull out a 7-game series (KG, Pierce, Allen, Rondo, Green, Kristic, Baby, West, Shaq, Jermaine, Wafer). Still, I will hold out judgment on what happened yesterday until after this season is over for the Cs, whenever that happens to be.

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