My Worst NBA Player Ever...

Recently there has been talk of the Knicks trading for Tracy McGrady. I've mostly read/heard that this would be a bad trade for the Knicks. McGrady is in the final year of his contract and will just use the Knicks to audition for a new contract with some other team in the off-season. He's a broke down, shell of his former self, team cancer who has the uncanny ability to make team's better when he leaves (See Toronto, Orlando and Houston), plus he's never won a playoff series in his life.

Yada, yada, yada.

But, folks, Tracy McGrady is not the issue here. The reason I would welcome this trade is that Houston would be taking Jared Jeffries.

Let me repeat that.

The Houston Rockets would be trading a live human being for the worst player in the NBA. I could have heard the Rockets had offered a used band-aid for Jared Jeffries and I would have said, "That's a great trade. Donnie Walsh should be Executive of the Year!"

(This is why I don't like the NBA too much. Only in the NBA are most of the trades made for the sole purpose of getting rid of someone the team no longer wants. In baseball, most trades involve at least one player that a team is happy to get. In this proposed trade, both teams would say, "Thank god we found a team dumb enough to take XXX!" The NBA - It's Fantastic!!!)

Why do I say Jared Jeffries is the worst player in the NBA? Frankly, I haven't seen every player in the NBA. But I've seen Jared Jeffries. He is supposed to be some kind of defensive wizard. He's not. He's never even been 2nd Team All Defense. How he got this reputation of a great defender is beyond me. Jared should be giving his agent 50% of his contract (6 Mil per) for being able to perpetuate this myth.

He's 6'11" yet can't rebound, can't shoot, not even lay-ups, can't block a shot, and can't defend. Hmmm...let's give him 6 mil a year because, despite all that, he did put up 15 & 7 his final year at Indiana. So, of course Isaiah Thomas couldn't help but obtain him once the Washington Wizards realized they had erred when signing him to a long term contract.

(Wow, the Washington Bullets/Wizards organization made a mistake in judging talent. Figure that. And Isaiah Thomas did the same. What are the odds?)

A couple years ago I looked at a Knicks boxscore and saw Jared Jeffries had played 24 minutes. He had no points, 1 rebound, no blocks, no steals, 4 turnovers. (Believe it or not, this is a typical Jared Jeffries game.) How do you even do that at 6'11"? At least 5 rebounds should have just fell into his hands by accident. He had to have decided that he was going to play keep away from the ball. I mean he must have convinced himself that he was actually playing dodgeball for 24 minutes.

Maybe that's it. Jared Jeffries isn't the worst NBA basketball player. He's the best NBA dodgeball player.

Please trade this guy. Now!!!