You name me somebody we could have gotten that would have been a better return than Green and Kristic, assuming Green didn't miss the entire following season (as Danny had no way of predicting that)?
Not also that our center rotation at the time was Shaq, Perk, Jermaine and Semih Erden.
- Shaq was frequency hurt / out
- Jermaine was frequently hurt / out
- Erden was raw and hurt
- Perkins just came back from a major injury
We needed a healthy centre who would at least play, and we got a starting calibre center (in Kristic) along with Green.