Excellent post. People don't realize how important the "goofy white American guy" is to championship teams. Why do you think the Pacers added Danny Ferry and Scott Pollard?
Plus, don't forget that the T-Wolves grabbed Fred Hoiberg, too.
More important question: what are the Lakers going to do? They transitioned smoothly from the Travis Knight era to the Mark Madsen era(with Joe Crispin, Greg Foster and Mike Penberthy as backups), but now they face a whole new challenge. With Piatkowski already off the market, where do they turn? My thoughts:
• Cal Bowdler
• Chris Dudley(my choice. he plays center, and he's a guy who will give you hard defense and a good 50 or 60 mintues a year)
• Judd Buechler
• Matt Bullard
• Dan Langhi
• John Crotty
• Scott Padgett
• Matt Maloney
As for the Suns, they are hoping that Casey Jacobsen can turn into the championship caliber goofy white American guy that they everyone thinks he can.
Now, a goofy white American is certainly no championship lock, but it's impossible, I think, to do it without one.
