Awesome Speculation: Lebron to the Nets.

Dallas won in 6, which was called here before the finals. Suck on that, People who don't read me religiously. I'm not going to write a recap or anything like that, because it would be boring. What I am going to do though, is bring you inside a conversation I had with some buddies today about what the Heat should do. Thats alot more interesting of a read.

That being said, what does Miami do now? I think it's very possible, and realistic, that Miami enjoys their extended vacation this summer, drink their Moheeto's and try and add to their already star studded foundation for next season, then prepare to burn the league down for 60 wins (or 40 depending on when the season starts).

But fuck that, this is the internet-where careless speculation and shitty journalism is king! I will continue it's proud tradition and run wild with a rumor I made up on Facebook today.

Keep in mind, this will not be about what I WANT to happen. Selfishly, I WANT Lebron to come to Portland (or demand a trade back to Cleveland where they can have a live special called, "The Apology" where him and Dan Gilbert hug it out on ESPN). But thats not going to happen. So this is what SHOULD happen.

Pat Riley in the next week should either look at this team and decide it's not going to work, or Lebron and Wade need to come to the conclusion that they can't play together. I don't care how it happens, but the subject of making a trade needs to come up.

Are they going to trade Wade? No. That would be in direct violation to the 11th commandment, " Thou shalt not trade franchise player, if he has brought you a championship, whilst he is still in his prime."

Are they going to trade Chris Bosh? I guess they could, but despite the fact that he is so much fun to make fun of, he isn't the problem. If it were just Bosh and James, or Bosh and Wade, he would produce better than he has. What did you expect from him? You took a guy who from age 19 to age 26 was 'Franchise Player' and told him he was now the 3rd Banana. Increase his role, and you get more production. The dude is sensative like that.

So that leaves LeBron James. The once King. The man whose 4th quarter vanishing act is quickly erasing 8 seasons of legendary production. He is the guy who doesn't belong, and he also happens to be the guy who the Heat would get more value in return for. Picture this:

On Draft day(right before the NBA goes into Lockout Mode), Mikhail Prokhorov and his New Jersey (soon to be Brooklyn) Nets trade Brook Lopez and Deron Williams to the Miami Heat that for Lebron James.

Did that just blow your mind? It should've. (Need more convincing? Good, because I got more words to write.)

Why would this not work? Prokhorov wants Lebron. Deron Williams doesn't want to be a Net. Lebron and Wade go together about as well as Meth and Parenting. If Miami makes this move, they get good. Scratch that, they get SCARY GOOD. Their lineup looks like Deron Williams, Dawayne Wade, Brook Lopez, Chris Bosh and I'm guessing Mike Miller. It actually doesn't matter who they have at the small forward position in that lineup, they could start me (if they wanted a discount) and still rip off 63 wins. That line up is nasty. It features 4 potential All Stars, ages ranging between 23 to 29, who would actually compliment each other's games.

Lets break it down further. Deron Williams (26 years old) is arguably the best point guard alive. Last year, he average 20 points and 10 assists a game while splitting time with two lottery bound franchises. Though Lebron is a more valuable player then Deron Williams, you aren't going to notice a production downgrade, since Lebrons Miami role was the distributor. Williams, who is has averaged a shade under 10 assists a game for his career, is better in that role than Lebron (again, he's the best point guard alive).

This also would solve any lingering Alpha Dog issues that James and Wade might've had. Or developed. This isn't a knock on Williams or Lebron. But the Miami Heat are and always will be Dawaynes team. Miami is Dawaynes town. Players don't give up their king dick status while they are still in their prime. I don't think Lebron understood he would be second fiddle when he joined up (Lebron has not returned my text's to confirm this theory).

I don't think D-Will would have the same complications that Lebron did.

Is Deron Williams good enough to be a franchise player? Hell yes. I would sell The Fiance into slavery for D-Will to wear black the rest of his career. But he doesn't come with resume (or the hype) that Lebron does. Lebron can enjoy throwing pretty passes all he wants, but at the end of the day, the man was made to get buckets. Lebron his whole career has been stacked up agains Michael Jordan. Deron is compared to Chris Paul. There is alot less pressure on Deron to put up gawdy fantasy stats than Lebron, which in turn would allow him to focus on filling his distributor role (again, 10 assists a game) and winning games.

Then there is Brook Lopez (23 years old), who isn't even completely done with puberty and has career averages of 17 and 7 (with almost 2 blocks a game). You bring him on this team and not only is your front court leaps and bound better on both ends, but it would also free up Chris Bosh to go do more Boshian things-like shoot jump shots. Bosh wants to play in that midrange area, not bang on the block. That's why Miami struggled at times this year, both Bosh and Lebron seemed to be allergic to the post. Miami was a great defesnive team this year. Lopez covering the paint makes them better.

For New Jersey, they get the star they once coveted, and have arguably the best franchise building block to build their team around as they prepare to move into their new Brooklyn located arena in 2012. What better way to pack out a new arena then have a lineup that features a 2 time MVP ( who will be 27 heading into that season).

It just makes more sense for Lebron to be a Net than it does for him to be the a Heat. He has once a genration talent. He is capable of turning a 19 win team into a 63 win team. You don't even have to put much around him (Mo Williams is NOT good). But he has to be the guy. He played a convincing Scottie Pippen this year, but as we learned over the last two weeks, it was just an act. He needs to have people adhere to his wishes, laugh at his jokes and say to yes to his every demand. Not yell at him in Game 3 of the NBA finals on national TV.

He needs to be a King, not a Side Kick.

And if Lebron really did just want to play with his friends, and thats why he went to Miami in the first place, well the Nets can offer that to him too. The Nets could use that cap room that they got when they unloaded half their roster at the deadline, (assuming they will use their amensty clause on Travis Outlaw's crippling contract) which will be roughly 30 million dollars off the books and bring in a player like Chris Paul. Chris Paul and Lebron James are reportadly very good friends, Paul used to train with him in Cleveland. Maybe they aren't able to bring him in before the 2011 season, but they would absolutely have him by the summer of 2012.

Plus Lebron just got done with the first year of a 5 year contract and Williams is a Free Agent after the 2011-2012 season, and doesn't appear to be anxious to be a Net(Lebron has an opt out after year 3, but thats still two guarenteed years). I feel like sending Lebron to a team that has won a total of 36 games in two years would make everyone feel sorry for him again. And after the first time he puts up a 45-15-13 against a playoff bound team- love him again.

And once again, the King would be the King again, and everyone would live happily ever after.

Of course for a number of reasons this will never happen. For one, The Heat aren't going to trade away the most talented player alive (even if it makes their team better). And the other reason, David Stern will do everything in his power to make sure "Lebron Against the World" gets renewed for a second season. Or atleast for a partial season since the NBA will be locked out after June 30th.

Damn, thats depressing.

Side note: According to ESPN's trade machine the trade works. The Nets would go into the off season with over 20 million in cap (and that doesn't include their cap figure after the Russian takes Travis Outlaw fishing at the Corleone's lake house).