QUOTE (sport1016 @ Aug 8 2007, 02:41 PM)
if NJ gets ONeal for Jefferson and Krstic or something like that the nets are going to be very very dangerous
I woul say kidd, carter and JO is = or better than allen, pierce, KG or at least will be a better team bc they wouldnt have to gut their youth and depth to get JO
I just hope he goes out west or stays on a bad team. He could return to his MVP calliber form with a little motivation and health luck
I'd still take Boston's guys. Even when he's healthy O'Neal is a step down from Garnett, Pierce doesn't have as many injury/motivation problems as Carter, and though Kidd has more value to the team than Allen he isn't anywhere near as dangerous a scorer, which is pretty key when depth is an issue.
Actually, I'd argue that that's a WORSE gutting of the team, because you're giving up two highly productive players. Jefferson and Kristic both average in the teens when they're healthy. You're improving the D and rebounding, but you're losing around 12-15 points of offensive production that'll be hard to replace. Their bench is moderately better than Boston's, but Nachbar-Magloire-Boone-Williams still doesn't exactly inspire fear in your opponents, they'd have to hope that Sean Williams stays away from the pot. Combine that with the declining offensive prowess of Kidd and Carter potentially coasting again now that he got paid, that could really hurt. I'd actually rather have Jefferson and Kristic, assuming both are healthy of course (not exactly a safe bet, though you could say the same about O'Neal).