Mike McGraw's Mute Math*

*Not an endorsement of keytar, spiritunality, or anything else. It's too early to pass over an easy alliteration, and I was the captive audience for a particularly awful concert DVD at 3am.

McGraw sez "stand pat," and I agree with the exceptions of dumping Wallace, Nocioni, Adrian Griffin, and LaMarcus Aldridge Joe Smith. Gordon, Deng, Hinrich, Thomas, and Noah aren't worth trading at the moment. Obvious stuff, obviously.

I am starting to lean in the direction of unloading a heavy chunk of the bad season blame on Paxson's lap. Not because he couldn't get Garnett, Gasol, or Kobe, but for setting the team up for failure before the season even started. McGraw's blame percentages sare tough to quibble with, but I would replace his misguided assessment of the less experienced players as non-contributors with preseason trade smoke.