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The Rotation is a weekly study on the NBA by one of our All-Star voices. In rotation this week is Matt Watson.When it became clear that
Jason Kidd was angling for a way out of New Jersey,
nobody campaigned harder for the disgruntled star than
LeBron James. Coming from another superstar's mouth, these
repeated pleas might sound surprising. Why alienate the core of last year's Eastern champs in search of a trade that was always a pipe dream?
At the very least, a Cavs-Kidd deal would require shipping out four or five Clevelanders just to match Kidd's salary, and that's assuming
Danny Ferry had anyone New Jersey wanted. After a deal (predictably) wasn't reached, LeBron had alienated half of a locker room full of guys he'd labeled as disposable parts.
I'm guessing LeBron didn't care. For LBJ, the choice between talent upgrades (like the ones made by Boston, Detroit and Orlando) and building around the core of 2007's Finals team was hardly a choice at all.
Continue reading The Rotation: You Can't Trade for Chemistry, but You Also Can't Tell LeBron James That
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