<font color="Red">Threads Merged</font> <div class="quote_poster">Quoting Trip:</div><div class="quote_post">I doubt the Nets could pull off an upset against the Heat. Had Jefferson been cleared to play a few games before the end of the regular season, I would have given it a thought but I highly doubt that Frank can work Jefferson into the rotation within the first two games of the playoffs. The trio of Kidd/Carter/Jefferson would be electric but the Heat have too much depth for the Nets to handle.</div> I definately think that Coach frank will find a spot in the rotation for Jefferson ASAP. Coach Frank clearly is not statisfied with the play from the backup 2/3 spot which is currently Zoran Planinic and Rodney Buford. Their minutes in the rotation are so up & down that it would be easy for Coach Frank to insert Richard Jefferson into the rotation over them. I expoect nothing more then Bench minutes from Jefferson in the playoffs, no more then 15-20 minutes of run. As far as mixing & meshing, I dont know they just havent had the chance to get on the same page even when Jefferson was healthy when Carter first camer to the squad. I think Coach Frank will find away so that Jefferson and Carter are on the floor as little as possible. If Coach frank can find away to have Carter & Scalibrine on the floor together starting and then allow Jefferson to come in for Carter which leaves him & Scalibrine or him and Buford on the floor together at the 2/3 spot then it can work successfully during the playoffs in my opinion. Iam not saying we are going to knock off the Heat of course Iam wishing. But I know realistically, we have no one on the frontline that can stop Shaq from getting 30 plus easily without him even having to work. I think we just have to approach it as a situation where we know Shaq going to get his....and we have to take Wade, Damon Jones and some of the inexpereinced playoff guys out of their games. And then I think we can give Miami a run for their money...cause all the real playoff expereince is on New Jersey's side, Kidd, Jefferson, Collins, Robinson, Best, Scalibrine, Buford etc all have legitimate playoff expereince actually all have been to the finals before in their careers. While Miami only Zo, Eddie Jones and Shaq have really legitimate playoff expereince...Wade, Damon Jones etc really dont have that much expereince in these situations, so we will see...
