I didn't like his team at all

Cassell, Kobe, Garnett, Shaq, and Gary Trent, with Lawrence Frank (3.1) as coach.

So he basically traded to get the expected gain of Casell over Payton, for, let's say, the 50/50 chance of 5 points for a coach and, considering that Trent doesn't even play, an almost definite loss of a few points in not having Madsen.

Like I said, the PG position is too unpredictable here to sacrifice much to have Cassell over Payton.

Another combo that cam up a few times was Hoiberg and Malone instead of Kobe and whoever.


"Difficult....not impossible"