Rock and a Hard Place

[mvossman]

Is Bullock for Hartenstein a balanced deal?  Sims has looked good with Robinson out.  NY probably needs Reggie more than it does three centers once Robinson returns.

Maybe add McGee/Cam to the deal and we give them the second they want.  But, even without that, IH is an asset beyond his current contract.  I’m not sure the same is true with Reggie.

I really liked Hartenstein in the offseason.  Would have been very happy to get him on McGee's contract.  But he has had a really down year so far.  His TS has dropped from mid 60s to mid 50s and his block rate is way down.  Not sure why this is?

Assuming Wood comes back reasonably soon, I think we are hurting at power forward right now more than center.  I'm not a huge fan of Wood/Powell combo and I doubt I would like the Wood/Hart combo any better, and you cant play Powell/Hart.  I might like the Covington option better from the standpoint of backfilling this season and salary trade fodder next.  I get the long term appeal of Hartenstein, but that is only if he goes back to playing like he did for LA vs what he is doing now.