Damn.. Nice trade for the Pacers. They got a very good C in Dampier. In return they basically give up nothing.
Dampier
J-neal
Melo
Artest
Fisher
Damn...
Now what puzzles me is that they already have a C very close to Damp on their roster. Cato gives them roughly 10/12 recently with superb defense next to JO.
And whil it didn't cost them much .. it may cost them more now (in the W column). They picked up a great defensive C which might give them 11/13. What he also gives them is
- 42% shooting (at C now, he was really playing out of position next to Z at PF) vs. 46% from Cato
- 66% ft shooting (vs. 79%)
- 2 TOs a game (vs. less than 1)
- 2 blocks (vs. 1.5)
Now why he is definitely and improvement over whoever backed up Cato and JO before, I wouldn't exactly call that an area of big need for the Pacers. So they lost an interesting prospect big man (which are rare too)and a low draft pick for a VERY SMALL upgrade ...