Bibby would be a huge upgrade over jones and is 5x the player Jefferson is.
Jefferson isn't half the player Marion is. Worse offensively and not in the same league defensively. Sure, this trade might make sense in 8 years when Jefferson's 2 years younger make a different, but until then IMO it's a horrible trade.
If the Jazz hadn't traded Kidd I'd say they'd be the frontrunners for the championship.
Everyone's worried about saving a few years of age. Taking serious downgrades of players because of it. It's why the Jazz traded Kidd and the Heat traded Marion. And IMO they were both collosal mistakes.
But hey, as an Atlantic Division resident, nice trade.
I agree with you, but I just didn't want to lose kidd while kirilenko and company were at their prime. Francis is definately a drop from kidd, but not too far, he's still a star....I think the hidden advantage was grabbing declerq, considering I'll be losing my depth I do have inside after this season. So by losing out at PG, I gained a little back at PF and even though there's still a gap talent wise...getting marion definately makes up for that and still keeps my future plans in shape. Jiri Welsh isn't a bad pickup either for this season...he's a pretty solid player for the role I'll need him...i expect him to just play decent D and hit some open shots and that's exactly where his skills are (43% career from 3 point land, 1.3+ steals with some minutes)
