Trade the overrated Theo Ratliff

[Guest]

I decided to look up all the centers that out produced

Theo Ratliff....

Big Z

Brad Miller

Yao Ming

Shaq

David Robinson

Michael Kandi

Ben Wallace

Lorenzen Wright

Those guys were better than Theo Ratliff last year in

m opinion. Looking at that list, you can say Theo is

a top 12 center.... But that doesn't mean alot seeing

how weak the east is.

I say we trade the overrated Theo for two good players.

He's a overvalued player and with the team we have

we'd be better off to trade him for two solid players

that are alittle younger.

Would you guys trade Theo Ratliff/Dan Dickau/2nd rounder

for Scot Pollard/Al Harrington/Anthony Johnson?

PG:Jason Terry/Anthony Johnson

SG:Stephen Jackson/Glover/Hansen

SF:Al Harrington/Diaw/DJ

PF:Shareef/Hendu/Pollard

C:Nazr Mohammad/Scot Pollard

PG:Jamall Tinsley/Dan Dickau

SG:Reggie Miller/Fred Jones/English

SF:Ron Artest/John Bender/Croshere

PF:J.O'Neal/Croshere/Jeff Foster

C: Theo Ratliff/Foster

Alright, The Pacers have English/Artest/Croshere/Bender/

Jones all at the SG/SG spot....Something has to give. If

Bender has the talent he needs to play this season..Also,

they need time for Austin Croshere....

Theo gets on a team with better defensive pieces in

O'Neal and Artest....Since O'Neal is an 11RPG player,

Theo's lack of rebounding will not look as bad...And

They get a vet to go in the their lineup. They also

get Dan Dickau just in case Tinsley isn't their future.

We get a good shot blocking and rebound PF?C that

will play his role and we get a young SF/PF that is

young and improving. Anthony Johnson provides us

with a backup vet PG...We sign Jackson and resign

Glover and DJ and there you go.

[Traceman]

If the Pacers weren't in our division it wouldn't be so bad but bad MAN, I'd hate to see us try to score against that front line. We might lose 100 to 50!

[Guest]

Well, Indy is better than the Hawks anyway...so why

not improve? People overrate Theo as a defensive

player....There is nothing impressive about weakside

shot blockers....And that is what Theo Ratliff is....He

will not be as badly exposed though and it's a better

fit than it is here.

Sure Indy losses Harrington, but Bender needs to play

and grow up very soon. If they feel he has a good

future they might just pull the trigger.

We'd have to wait until Late September to make the

trade though since Pollard was just traded a short time

ago.

Theo will be 31 years old soon....It's stupid to keep him.

[DJ_Money]

I don't think the Pacers would trade Harrington for Theo. Even though he will still come off the bench, they know he has huge talent. We should know, too.

I think trading JT would be the only way to get Harrington, and I'm 50/50 on that one.

I'll agree that Theo has to be traded. I'm not going to get into whether he is overrated or not, but he is not going to be a part of the future of this team. He's simply too old.

JT, Shareef, and Diaw should be the future of this team. Now, if we can trade Theo for one more piece...

How about Theo/Dickau to Phoenix for Joe Johnson/Bo Outlaw/Jake Tsakalidis? Phoenix would be impossible to score on inside. Theo/Stoudamire/Marion/Penny/Marbury is a squad that would block shots and run it back up the floor.

I do this trade for Joe Johnson. 6'8" SG who can handle the ball, score, and play D. We don't lose any of our 2005 cap space by taking on Outlaw and Big Jake.

So, we go into this season with JT/Johnson/Diaw/SAR/Nazr. Not good enough to make the playoffs, but imagine this team if we can get our hands on Okafor or Podkolzine.