One of the big trade rumors floating around right now has the Denver Nuggets trading for New Jersey Nets guard Jason Kidd.
Let’s analyze that.
Possibilities
First of all, there are trades between the two teams that would work financially.
- Jason Kidd for JR Smith, Eduardo Najera & Marcus Camby
- Jason Kidd for Chucky Atkins, JR Smith, Eduardo Najera & Nene
The Denver Nuggets can package guard JR Smith, forward Eduardo Najera, and center Marcus Camby to the New Jersey Nets for Jason Kidd.
That might not be the most attractive package that the New Jersey Nets can get, but it’s not too shabby. JR Smith is a young versatile player that can score. Eduardo Najera and Marcus Camby would provide the team with a frontcourt upgrade.
The Denver Nuggets frontline would be a lot thinner, but you’re not going to get a great player like Jason Kidd without giving something back in return. The team would still have forward Kenyon Martin (if he ever gets healthy again) and center Nene to provide some muscles up front.
If the Denver Nuggets really wanted to keep Marcus Camby, then they can offer a package of guard Chucky Atkins, JR Smith, Eduardo Najera, and Nene.
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Chemistry
The big question in any of these trades is whether or not there would be chemistry between Jason Kidd, guard Allen Iverson and forward Carmelo Anthony. It’s a well known fact that all three players do their best when they have the ball in their hands. They’re actually three of the best in the league when it comes to being dangerous with the ball. Since Jason Kidd and Allen Iverson have been in the league for years, they have nothing to prove individually. The stats that they’ve accumulated already in their careers are already strong arguments for their spots in basketball history. Everyone knows how good they are. What everyone doesn’t know, though, is whether or not these guys can win an NBA championship. |
That right there leads many to believe that they’d be able to sacrifice a big of their personal stats in exchange for a title.
Of course, if they sacrifice too much of their games, then there’d really be no point in making the trade. That means that Carmelo Anthony needs to sacrifice a little bit of his game.
Whether or not he’d be willing to do that is the big question.
When they both came into the league, there was a rivalry between Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony. Now that LeBron James has become widely recognized as the better player, that could be a good thing for the Denver Nuggets. Carmelo Anthony should know that the best way for him to beat LeBron James now is to win the NBA championship first.
Publicly, Carmelo Anthony won’t admit that the rivalry between the two is that big. However, as a competitor (which is what Carmelo Anthony is), he has to be feeling the heat deep down inside.
Closing Thoughts
This is one of those “high risk, high rewards” situation. With the Denver Nuggets ahead of their division right now, it’d be quite a risky move to do.
January 28th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
Jason Kidd is not a scorer, he is an enabler. He would be an Andre Miller X3. One of the challenges Iverson has had is playing the point guard for the 1st time in his career. With teams focusing on Iverson and Anthony, Kidd would be just what the doctor ordered in that teams could no longer do both. Not to mention, Kidd’s rebounding would be HUGE!
February 3rd, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Nuggets should do it because anthony carter is a good player but not a starter you do not know what you are gonna get going in to the game but jason kidd you know your gonna get at assits , rebound or points and you can’t expect that from anthony carter jason kidd gives them a shot at a title and you get a good perimeter defender and you don’t want someone else in the west getting better than you denver