Dear God, spare me these people that think they know exactly what a players limits are after one year. I'm glad you don't care about not having a PF. I'm also glad that your not the GM. Thompsons first year numbers are almost identical to Antonio McDyess. So I suspose you would have just dumped him after one year too.
Reynolds in his interview on the rise guys show was pretty adamant about the Kings being in no position to trade any of the young pieces that they had, because they simply didn't have enough of them. I happen to agree with that.
Look, we are here to express our opinion. I've played, coached, and officiated basketball a long time in my life and it's just my opinion that he won't ever be a top 5 PF. I hope I am wrong, but that is just my gut feeling. Yes, he's very durable, but he has an average jumper, has a hard time finishing around the rim, and his post moves are raw. This is a guy who is already 23 years old and played 4 years in college.
If we can trade him and a worthless Garcia for a chance at a GREAT player, then you do it. We won 17 games last year, why are we so worried about who our power forward is going to be? Who cares? We won 17 games with a full starting lineup -- how neat!
Hey, if you want a starting power forward, then make this trade happen, draft Rubio and either Curry or Evans and then get your checkbook out for Carlos Boozer. That's a complete lineup.
SF: Noc
PF: Boozer
C : Hawes
SG: Martin
PG: Rubio
Bench: Curry/Evans
Bench: Beno
Bench: #23 pick
Bench: Diogo
Bench: Greene
Bench: 2nd round pick
Bench: K9