from Kerry Eggers While watching the NBA Finals, were you, too, struck by this thought: Dikembe Mutombo for Rasheed Wallace? The players are a match salarywise. Mutombo makes $17.125 million next year (and $18.8 million in 2004-05, the final year of his contract) while Wallace ends his long-term deal with the Blazers next season at $18 million. Granted, there are some negatives from Portland's end. Wallace, 29 in September, is still in his prime athletically. Mutombo, who turns 37 on June 25, is well beyond his. And acquiring Mutombo would mean taking on an additional year of megasalary, something that owner Paul Allen is all too familiar with. The positives outweigh the negatives. Mutombo is showing in the championship series that he can still affect a game defensively. He missed much of this season because of injury, but in his previous 11 seasons he had never sat out more than eight games -- and in six of those seasons, he didn't miss a game. He is a liability on offense, but does anybody really think the Blazers need another guy who wants to shoot? It would be a chance to rid the Blazers of the cancerous Wallace and get something in return before he leaves via free agency after next season. Zach Randolph is the team's power forward of the future, and Wallace's exit would free up the playing time that Randolph needs. Mutombo would replace Arvydas Sabonis, who is likely to stay in Lithuania, and give the Blazers 20 to 25 minutes of shot-blocking, intimidating and rebounding presence a game. When the Blazers get around to hiring a general manager, probably sometime late this summer, it's a trade they should seriously consider. -- 晚点在post我的看法吧！！=.=||| 唉...如果成真的话 我看我要去跳碧潭了 呃..中坜太远了..那石门好了 --

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