No KIDDing Around

With a losing record of 18-28 and losers of nine strait (before they beat Milwaukee tonight), the Nets now have another thing to worry about. Their star point guard Jason Kidd has demanded a trade out of New Jersey.

Kidd (who at 34 years young is playing out of his mind this year for a struggling team) is averaging 11.3 points, 10.4 assists, and 8.3 rebounds per game. He has racked up an amazing 21 triple doubles so far this season! He will be the starting point guard for the East in this years All-Star game as well.

So here we go. Where does Kidd end up? Well first of all, lets talk about the two teams that have already expressed interest in Kidd.

CLEVELAND- King James and J-Kidd?? With Daniel "Booby" Gibson coming off the bench along with Anderson Varejao, Ira Newbell, Damon Jones, and Aleksandar Pavlovic, the Cavs may just be good enough to get over their finals loss last year. Experience in the back court is the only thing missing from this Cavs team. Gooden and Ilgauskas up front is a modest starting line up, but when you consider a healthy Larry Hughes and the combination of James and Kidd...the East may have a new power to fear. The only problem is who do you give up to get Kidd? If you give up a package of Gooden, Hughes, and Jones you leave yourself without a front court and lacking the depth of guards.

DALLAS- This would make the Nets much worse than they already are. Dallas would be willing to give up Djop, Stackhouse, and George....My question is WHAT IN GODS NAME WOULD THE NETS WANT THAT FOR??? The Mavs are not going to deal Howard or Harris, and the only big name possibility is Jason Terry, who in my opinion, isn't that big of a name. Hes not a PG that is going to turn around a team by himself. On the Mavs side, this would be golden. Dirk, Kidd, Howard, Harris, and Terry (if you want to consider him a vital part of that team if/once Kidd arrives)

Either way you look at it, the Nets are getting snubbed. There is no team out there that is going to be able to swap players evenly with the Nets to give them "Kiddesque" play. If the Nets agree to grant Kidd his trade request, I think they will have to be prepared to take a hit, and hope Marcus Williams becomes as good as he was in college for UCONN.

The King Continues To Get Crowned....

Losers of nine of the last 13, the Rangers fell again tonight 3-1 to the Carolina Hurricanes. Goalie Henrik Lundqvist is winless in his last six road games (0-3-3).

King Henrik gave up three goals tonight, two of them coming on a two on one rush. The rangers loss tonight keeps them in the celler of the Atlantic Division with a record of 24-21-6. The Islanders have the same record as the Rangers not counting the loss tonight. The Islanders have played one less game that the Rangers.

The Rangers play Philly next on Thursday

NL ACE

While the Minnesota Twins say adieu, the New Mets say Bonjour to their new ace Johan Santana. Sacrificing outfielder Carlos Gomez, and pitchers Philip Humber, Kevin Mulvey, and Deolis Guerra seems like a modest price for the two-time Cy Young award winner. Santana has gone an impressive 82-35 over the last five seasons, making him arguably the best pitcher in baseball.

I am a Yankee fan myself, but I'll put my hands together for the Mets for finally making a good offseason move. After blowing a seven game lead with 17 games to go to miss the playoffs at the end of last season, one thing was very clear. THE METS NEED PITCHING. When your starting pitchers are only giving you four to five innings, and you have a sub-par bullpen who is being forced to give you four innings a night, you are bound to fail.

In addition to pitching skill, Santana bring defense (2007 AL Gold Glove Winner)and longevity as he is only 28 years old.

So forget his 15-13 record last year, if your a Mets fan, think about what his potential is in the NL......

HOLLYWOOD....

Knicks play in La tonight at 10:30 on MSG against the Lakers who are still without Andrew Bynum and currently on a three game losing streak...Nate Robinson is on a tear for the Knicks!

"Robinson continues to come off the bench, but he's averaging more than 30 minutes per game during 14 contests in January. He's scored in double figures in 18 out of the last 19 games and is worthy of a roster spot in fantasy leagues."

The Knicks have won five out of their last eight, which is a great improvement from their feeble 2-11 start which included an abysmal eight game losing streak.