But just because I'm a Nets fan doesn't mean I have to agree with what they're doing or say that what they're doing makes any sense. "The LeBron Sweepstakes" won't be coming to the Nets. In fact, I don't believe for one second LeBron is leaving Cleveland... and if he does, he's not coming to the Nets. Like I said before, Spike Lee has a connection with Kobe. That doesn't suddenly mean he's going to the Knicks.
Cap space translates into nothing on the court. All cap space says is "Hey, look at us with all the money we're not using." It's all this future talk. You know what Boston did? They said, "Fuck the future, we want to win now." They traded away Jeff Green for Ray Allen and then traded Al Jefferson and a bunch of players to get Kevin Garnett. Why? Because they wanted to win. Guess where they are now in the future? Winning. Championship caliber team. One ring to show for it all. The Nets had three chances to become that with the players they had and showed up with nothing.
The Nets had no reason to get younger at the SG position with Vince Carter. That's ridiculous. That's like saying, "Oh, we traded you to make the other team so much better just so we could get a little bit younger." We needed to trade for a better power forward or small forward because Yi, Simmons, Hassell, etc were not the answers. I'll be at home enjoying a 15-67 season while the Magic go compete for the Finals again.