I love his work, so I’m willing to forgive his spelling error.

I must not have hit the post button or some such.

Even with Camby and not Marion, the team will be most effective running. With Camby, he rebounds and starts the break. With Marion, he rebounds, starts, and finishes. But Marion requires the high pace to be most effective, whereas Camby does not. It’s a leopard/spots thing for me with MDsr on this one. I’ll believe that he’ll have them play uptempo when I see it.

Beyond that, the Marion rental concerns me as well. His contract is not synced up with Mobley and Thomas, so either you have to re-sign him (and take away 2010 flexibility) or you’re back looking for a PF next summer. And don’t forget that Mobley is penciled in as the starting 2.

Finally, I’m assuming that the Clippers floated a Marion offer to Miami before when they were looking at Randolph and Camby. Obviously, that didn’t work out. Is it possible that Miami would want Camby more than the cap space the Clippers could have offered before? Maybe.

Would I consider this deal? Yes, I would consider it. It’s intriguing, and I think the team would be better next season. But for several other reasons, I don’t think I would do it. But it’s a reasonable deal, and a reasonable person might well pull the trigger.