Zach Randolph a Grizz?

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I'd do it in a hot minute. Here's why:

Randolph is a proven 20 and 10 guy per game, you still get to hang onto the other two big men, and you get rid of the Marko and Darko Connection... not to be confused with the Rock-o and Sock-o connection.

There's also a possibility that the Grizz could get a first round pick, an added bonus.

As for the salaries, here's how they match up:

Darko - $7 Million in 2008-2009 ; $7.5 Million in 2009-2010

Marko - $6.5 Million in 2008-2009; $7.1 Million in 2009-2010; $7.625 Million in 2010-2011.

Randolph - $14.6 Million in 2008-2009 ; $16 Million in 2009-2010 ; 17.3 Million in 2010-2011...that's when his contract expires.

If you ask me...I like it.

If this went down, the Grizz would only have to lose $1 Million off their cap for crappy players they would've had to pay for next season, $2 Million in 2009-2010, and about $10 Million in 2010-2011...

I agree that the $10 Million seems high, but they'll have that coming off the books after that season or they could trade it for picks. But is $10 Million really that much for a 20 pts, 10 rebounds per game guy?

Look at the starting lineup:

Conley, Mayo, Gay, Randolph... other guy.

It could be worse, a lot worse.