[Charlie Brown]

just so ya'll know . . .

i'm not endorsing this trade . . . i actually don't think i'd pull the trigger on this one. i'm just wondering what you guys thought . . .

with that said, i am a big fan of both nve and raef, but i just don't think they're very good fits here . . . nve gets way too much playing time as the backup point guard and even if nelson were to reduce his minutes, i think nve would get very disgruntled and disrupt team chemistry. i like raef, but nelson's whole notion of bringing in raef was to pull shaq away from the basket. but i think we need to start worrying more about the Kings than the Lakers at this point. we need to find a more traditional inside presence rather than a soft 3-point shooting big man who gets schooled by vlade everytime he plays him.