I want to post my opinion on this topic, but there's no reason to spend time writing a post when I can just copy and paste what I said in April of last season, in a post entitled "Trade Ideas for Gortat":
"Don't get me wrong - I'm a firm believer in building a team where guys can play their natural positions; the 2010 team was able to overachieve largely because of the fact we had Nash, J. Rich, Hill, Amare, and Lopez starting and had Dragic, Dudley, Frye, and Admundson to comfortably play the positions they were both physically and skillfully equipped to play.
Gortat is 6'11" with long arms and a decent amount of bulk. But he's not strong enough to post up Chris Paul. He isn't big enough to dunk the ball if "shotblockers" like Randy Foye is within 15 feet of him.
Now, I agree that he may be worn down a bit. It's the last week of the regular season. Everyone is worn down. There is nothing abnormal for a guy to running close to empty at this point in the year. There is also nothing abnormal about the intensity of each possession picking up at this point of the year, either. Some guys find a way to elevate their game, focus, etc. when they don't feel their best. The majority of NBA players don't have what it takes to compete at a championship level. Toughness is a prerequisite for success at the NBA playoff level, not a bonus. And Gortat has shown the opposite of toughness. He's been soft all year; our opponents have just been getting more physical, and it's exposing Gortat for what he is.
If we don't trade Gortat this offseason, the not-so-well-kept secret - That Gortat's name is missing a "w" between the letters "t" and "a" - won't be a secret at all."
