Is Lorenzen Wright a decent Center?

[ggp]

I have not seen him play much. I am just curious. Is Wright a better Center than we already have on the roster?

[gohawks11]

didnt we have him at one time?

[Lascar78]

Yeah he got 12 and 7 for us in 2000-2001. He was with us 2 years. I suppose he's better than our current centers, but not by much.

[tmac13]

Yes Lo Wright is better than any of our centers, Yes he was once a Hawk(we did a sign and trade for him with the Clippers giving up a 1st round pick, then we traded him along with the number 3 pick in the draft for Shareef Abdur Rahim, that number 3 overall turned out to be Pau Gasol),and NO, we don't need him back.

[capstone21]

He is better then what we have which is not saying much. He is not a that good a center. Don't waste a player, especially Harrington on him.

[Plainview1981]

He is a good player to have for 23MPG to back up

PF and center... But you aren't going to be happy

if you expect much more than that. I haven;'t seen

enough Memphis games to know if he has got better

or worse... But I'd assume he hasn't changed much

since he played for the Hawks.

[Sage11]

Maybe! and that is saying a lot. We do not need to waist a roster spot on this big stiff.>> Keep looking.

[AHF]

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he was once a Hawk(we did a sign and trade for him with the Clippers giving up a 1st round pick

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We actually gave up two first round picks for him. The first was actually used by the Clips to draft Quentin Richardson. The second could have been used to draft Amare Stoudemire (the Clips took Chris Wilcox instead). Just another example of that deft Babcock touch.

[DominiqueWilkins]

He's a above average center, but I wouldn't want the Hawks to trade for him. I really like him while he was on the Hawks, but his contract isn't ideal to the type of player he is.

[troubleman]

Wright is a decent center, but physically he is more a 4 than a 5. He has had injury problems throughout his career, as a matter fact he has only played more than 75 games 3 times. I believe he is making too much money for his production, so I would pass on him.