Jermaine O'neal, Zach Randolph, or fan favorite, Kevin Garnett? Or neither? We can always continue the "Big Three" experiment.....
<div class="quote_poster">Kidd Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">We can always continue the "Big Three" experiment.....</div>
<div class="quote_poster">Kidd Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">So you enjoy getting kicked out in the second round?</div> Actually, no I don't. But what I do like is the fact that Nenad Krstic is returning from his injury and Jason Collins wont be starting next season. Mikki Moore who has proven to be a great player will be starting at power forward which means our lineup will be Kidd, Carter, Jefferson, Moore, and Krstic. We would a have a bench of Boki Nachbar, the rising Marcus Williams and Josh Boone, and Eddie House. It doesn't look too bad to me. But what I would like in the off-season is to sign a few key bench players and deepen up our roster our add some depth to our front-line. And I'm sure we could possibly get that player with the 17th pick in the draft. Maybe even trade some crap players for higher positioning. That is basically all I want for the Nets to do in the off-season. I think they could be a top team in the east next year and a contender for the title, if they pull all of these things together. What about you think we should do in the off-season, Kidd?
Well I really doubt we will get someone like KG, so I say rebuild. 1. Honor what Kidd has done for the Nets, and trade him to the Lakers....or a contender. 2. Let VC go 3. Re-sign Mikki Moore 4. Give Extension to Krstic 5. And develop the rookies, especially Hassan and Boone. However I still don't trust Marcus Williams. He really needs to work hard, because he isn't as developed as I hoped he be. His defense, shooting, decision making all need work.
As much as I want to continue with the Big Three, I think we should try to break them up. I'm not saying go into full on rebuilding mode straight away, but here's my plan: a)Resign Krstic, as he's a big part of the Nets' present and future. b)Resign Mikki Moore for around 3-6 million dollars per season for 2 seasons. Over that is too much. c)Try to sign and trade Carter to either Indiana (for O'Neal) or Portland (for Randolph). Put in fillers/draft picks if the salaries don't match or Portland/Indiana don't like the deal. I we manage to do this, draft strong and sign some help in the offseason, we're contenders. d)If we don't manage to sign and trade Carter, let him walk. Sign some role players or one good starter type, either a guard or a big man, with his contract off the books. e)Go with the lineup. If we win, keep it together. If we're less than 6 games over .500 at the all-star break, trade Kidd and start over in the next draft.
^^^^^ Nobody has the cap space to take BOTH of their contracts, and I don't think there's any player in the league whose worth Kidd AND Carter, anyway.
<div class="quote_poster">Ford_11 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Trade Kidd and Carter together. So what you can get. But re-sign Moore. he is gunna be good.</div> Take Kidd away, and Moore isn't half the player he was this year.
<div class="quote_poster">Ford_11 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Trade Kidd and Carter together. So what you can get. But re-sign Moore. he is gunna be good.</div> moores like 32 i dont think he can get much better, this was his first real chance
Time to get Kobe!!! <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">On Wednesday, Kobe Bryant tells Stephen A. Smith on 1050 ESPN Radio in New York that he wants to be traded from the Lakers -- and that there's nothing the Lakers can do to change his mind. "I would like to be traded, yeah," said Bryant. "Tough as it is to come to that conclusion there's no other alternative, you know?" Bryant was asked if there was anything the Lakers could do to change his mind. "No," Bryant said. "I just want them to do the right thing." Bryant was left "beyond furious" by a report in Tuesday's Los Angeles Times that read, "as a Lakers insider notes, it was Bryant's insistence on getting away from Shaquille O'Neal that got them in this mess."</div> Source I know it's very unlikely, but Kidd will push for it.
