Once again, Derrenmatts over on Celtics Green has come up with a well thought out post that makes a lot of sense.

After some long drawn out thinking, this is the final piece I feel we need to become future NBA champions; a big bodied 7 footer with a lot of basketball smarts, who can clear space for rebounds and score a lot on putbacks.

Notice I didn't say a stud big man, nor did I mention Greg Oden's name. I think we can be champions even without Oden.

I also didn't mention Pau Gasol. I think we can win a championship even without a guy of Gasol's caliber.

The reason is simple--we have a potential awesome trio of scorers who can carry the scoring load all by themselves. Jefferson, Pierce, and Gerald will be a tough threesome to matchup against. They are turning out to be good team scorers, but can get points individually if they need to; and that's important when the shot clock is winding down.

Plus, Rajon is a creative scorer as well, even without attempting a single jumper in a game. Teams cannot forget about him, or leave him to double up on our trio because he will hurt them. And I must remind you all to not forget about Telfair--yep, Bassy's got a bit of Isaiah Thomas in him, but he's just got to figure out how to play well with his teammates.

So we have a lot of scoring firepower, and teams will not be able to stop us from exploding. Getting another high scoring big man is not high on our list. It would be if we lose either Pierce or Gerald, but if we have our scoring trio intact, then we don't need to go out and get another scorer.

The missing piece is a blue collar, big bodied 7 footer who can secure space in the paint to grab 10 rpg, who excels in grabbing offensive rebounds and converting putback shots, and who can think on his feet and beat his man by outhinking him.

A guy who can combine with Jefferson to give us a 20+ rpg frontcourt is golden. A guy who can clean up misses and convert putback shots will keep us from going into scoring droughts, or keep our scoring drives alive. A guy who can think on his feet will be able to bail us out of trouble when teams double and triple team of Big 3.

So who fits the bill? Well, there are a few of them around:

In the Draft
Joakim Noah
Spencer Hawes (plus, he's a good scorer)
Aaron Gray

Around the NBA
Brad Miller
Big Z
Chris Kaman

Getting Greg Oden would be a dream come true. Getting Gasol would be terrific as well (but we'll probably lose Gerald). But its not necessary for us to achieve our goal of hanging Banner #17.