More Notes from the rumor mill:

The Akron Beacon Journal reported on December 17^th that Lebron James wants the Cavs to pursue Jason Kidd.

 

”If there’s one guy in the world who says they can’t play with Jason Kidd, they’re drunk,” James told the paper. ”They’ve been drinking all day and all night. It’d be great for our team if you could land a guy like Jason Kidd, but you don’t want to harp on it because you don’t know if it could happen or not.”

No word from Cavs second year point guard Daniel Gibson, who is scoring more points per game than Kidd currently, but isn’t even close to being the passer and rebounder Kidd is. On pace to triple his playing time from last season [he only played  988 minutes last season and already has 788] it would nice to see how Gibson feels about this entire situation.

I mean it would put a nice spin on things, especially considering that everyone knows how Jason Kidd feels about playing for the Nets right now.

The Palm Beach Post’s Chris Perkins wrote an interesting column on Sunday, talking about how the “big three” experiment of Vince Carter, Jason Kidd and Richard Jefferson has failed and the team should part ways with Jefferson and his huge contract. He said that Kidd and Carter could bring back big returns via a trade to the team, but since Kidd is averaging a triple double and he believes Carter is still an offensive force, Jefferson is the one that needs to go.

While I believe that Perkins has a great point, I don’t think the Nets, even at 10-15, can afford to get rid of their leading scorer. Giving players like Josh Boone and Sean Williams will take some of the pressure off of Kidd and company [Williams had 11 points and seven rebounds. Not great numbers, put better than what Jason Collins was putting up], but will it be enough? I really don’t think so.

With Collins lackluster play and another injury to Nenad Krstic, the Nets bench and starting lineup needs a sparkplug. For too long have the Nets gotten away with not having the necessary toughness up the middle and in the post in the Eastern Conference. I mean seriously, when was the last time this team had a gritty power forward or a center? [Damn, I miss Kenyon Martin.] Exactly.

The bottom line is this team needs to be revamped and soon.