I was wondering how this thread got to 5 pages. I see now...</p>
What we have here is an excellent opportunity to restate opinions we've already beaten into the ground. So I will:</p>
Vince Carter is a very talented player who'll never care enough about the game of basketball to be as much as an asset to his team as his contract might presume he would. Having a winner like Jason Kidd helps negate that, and having a #3 option as talented as Richard Jefferson does as well. The net result of this is a team that will likely make the 2nd round, could possibly make the ECF, and will never win a championship.</p>
Sean Williams is exceptionally raw. It is very unlikely he will make a big impact this year, in the same way it was unlikely that Krstic would make a big impact in HIS rookie season. With that said, we have added assets - Jamaal Magliore, and a year more of experience for Boone and Marcus chief among them. Boone had an excellent rebound rate last year after missing a good chunk of the year to a knee injury. Point guards improve dramatically with experience, so we can at least except Marcus' decision making to take a big leap forward. Between Collins (moving to the bench for Magloire), Williams and Boone, we can certainly except a better bench than we had last year. We're still a second-round team.</p>
The biggest concern, in my mind, is injuries. We're a dark horse title contender with everyone healthy, but it just doesn't seem likely that this will happen. It's more likely we're a second round team.</p>
Bottom line: I think we should trade Carter. This isn't going to happen. We'll lose in the second round. I make a sad face.</p>
