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Originally Posted by jcm28
Its true that with Peja we have a lot of depth at SF, but neither Peja nor Sasha can offer what Butler offered. I still think that our only way of being able to compete for the title this season is if we somehow trade Butler for another SF good enough to start for us.
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The point is not that Peja or Sasha can replace Butler. The point is that while the Butler injury really hurts, SF was by far our deepest position before it happened. Shawn Marion would start for a ton of NBA teams, and Stevenson has proven that he is just fine there in most matchups.
So assuming Roddy comes and contributes at SG, SF should be fine with some combination of Marion, Peja, Stevenson and Pavlovich. Not great, but fine, and good enough to allow the team to be opportunistic in looking for an upgrade at pretty much any position, rather than being desperate for a warm body at SF.