Jefferson thrived in the Nets system with Jason Kidd but has morbidly average since. He’s essentially a glorified spot-up shooter that can’t defend or rebound. Jason Richardson is a very similar player that really struggled when trying to fit into a traditional offense without a great PG (Baron Davis).

And…on top of that, you have to essentially pay him $30m over the next two years which takes the Spurs out of the running for top free agents next summer. I know Jefferson >>> Oberto + Bowen + Thomas, but that really isn’t the only consideration. They go over the luxury tax, lose a lot of front court depth, regress significantly defensively, and don’t really improve too much offensively.

This trade screams desperate I want to capitalize on the probably the last productive year of Tim Duncan. It’s time of risk GMs need to make more in this league, but for me- it’s not too likely to work out.