T-Mac looks pretty freakin’ great! Maybe lacks a bit of explosion, but he’s so big and smooth. If he keeps playing like this, some team would give him a short-term deal for some serious money. It sounds like he’d stay for a discount. I hope he sticks with that after some team offers him the mid-level or whatever. Very promising!

Sergio is exactly what I’d hoped for – a penetrating quick tricky point guard with a great handle and passing skills. He’ll put up sick numbers in D’antoni’s system. I can even see him as the starter next year, certainly as a back-up. We’ve found our pg, and he’s fun as hell to watch!

House fits in great. I was never a fan of his game but he really does flourish in D’antoni ball. He should stick around for the minimum or close to it next year.

If House is around though, does Douglas fit in? I think we’ll keep him, as he ought not to make that big a difference salary-wise. I wish we’d stop playing Duhon and give his mins to Douglas.

Overall, this trade looks like it might become the beginning of a great new era! Even before July!

If we strike out with the top 4, I think that we’re going to roll over and try for 2011 (Carmelo, Tony Parker, Chris Paul I think). Maybe we overpay a couple guys on mega-sized one-year deals. T-Mac and Camby for 1-year each at 10 million. Sort of like the Duhon short-term deal. I think we’d use some of the room on a building block or two (like Sergio) and then rent some dudes and try again. The big problem is that we’d have Houston’s pick, so we wouldn’t have the draft going for us.

The only way we really screw ourselves is if we go Dumars and overpay for guys like Lee and Gay and proceed to suck for years and years.

Unfortunately, I don’t think the back-up plan roster would be playoff-caliber Miik. There isn’t much of a back-up plan, that’s why this is so risky!