Funny, I mentioned him in one of the Salomon Jones threads and said Earl Barron was better. He's a servicable backup center and a decent move because he plays a position of need. You can only play 12 guys so if QRich and Barron can play I would not hesitate to deactivate Sheed, Camby and White if they show anything in the Thursday and Friday practices.
When you made that comment, I almost replied "Why didn't they just sign Earl Barron in the first place?".
I suspect that the answer is that at that point they were still hoping Sheed could provide an offensive threat at the backup center position. Once it became clear that Sheed was not going to happen, Earl Barron was the better option to provide at least the potential of some points from the center position (or get the opposing center some fouls) without being a complete defensive liability. Camby is clearly the defensive center of last resort.
However, I do not agree with the post about the 8 man rotation. I expect both Novak and Copeland to get regular playoff minutes, so that still makes a 10 man rotation (Melo, JR, Tyson, KMart, Shump, Kidd, Felton, Prigioni, Cope, Novak) with Barron, Camby, Q, and White as the emergency subs, and Amar'e the X-factor returning at some point, most likely some time during the second round (if they make it there).
I feel good about everyone on that list except for Tyson, I am least sure about his status at this point.
I am expecting Shump and Copeland to surprise people with a large impact on these playoffs. I am also hoping that Kidd has been completely saving it up until now, and will emerge as a different player this weekend than we have seen so far this year. I am also hoping that Camby has one or two surprise games in him this post season.