What If

What if is something that I always think about. Something that can make me very excited for the future of the NBA as well as depressed, especially with this what if.

What if we don't trade Deron this year, and the NBA has a lockout next year. That would allow Deron to exercise his player option and opt out of his contract. If New Jersey then does not make any big moves both before the trade deadline as well as before the lockout that would pave the way for an interesting 2012 summer.

Assuming again that New Jersey has a ton of cap space and does not make a

move on Melo, both Chris Paul and Dwight Howard are in the same boat as Deron is in 2012. What if Gr8tness, CP3, and Superman all took their talents to the Garden State?! That would be a pretty good front court and add Devon Harris to the mix because he is signed through 2012-2013 and the Miami's/Boston's/L.A.'s/ and San Antonio's may fear heading into Brooklyn to get an old school dawg pound! Could this potentially be the new house that Deron built, and a change in the Eastern Conference's legitimate teams? Only time will tell...but I hope not.