At 12 games under .500, the Sixers name has been flying in trade rumors as we creep ever closer to the NBA's February 18 trade deadline.

The man of the hour has been swingman Andre Iguodala, who's reportedly been coveted by the likes of Cleveland, Dallas, Houston, and Phoenix.

Despite being on a five-game winning streak, the Sixers find themselves facing a fundamental question in the next 10 days: do they really believe this team is capable of winning an NBA championship in its present form?

It shouldn't take long to realize the answer to that question: Uh... no.

(John Gonzalez of the Philadelphia Inquirer believes this win streak is hurting the Sixers in the long run, as they're costing themselves a better draft pick at the expense of another possible first-round playoff KO.)

With that said, let's take a look at five possible deals the Sixers could/should make over the next 10 days, based on past trade rumors, the ESPN Trade Machine, and Ed Stefanski's claim that the Sixers won't be making deals unless they make "basketball sense."

Option One: Devin Harris (New Jersey Nets)

The trade: Sixers trade Andre Iguodala and Rodney Carney to the New Jersey Nets for Devin Harris, Chris Douglas-Roberts, and Terrence Williams.

Why this trade works: Besides Brook Lopez, the four-win Nets are ready to ship anybody and everybody off their roster in preparation for next season's free agent bonanza.

With the worst record in the league, they also have the best shot at the No.1 overall pick in the upcoming NBA Draft, which would give them the rights to draft freshman phenom point guard John Wall. Wall would be a perfect replacement for Harris, and the Nets would have a glut of elite point guards if they kept both on the roster.

In exchange, the Nets receive a multi-talented swingman in Iguodala, and a post presence to pair alongside Lopez for the next year and a half to fortify the Nets' interior defense.

The Sixers manage to slash $2 million off their cap figure by making this deal, and gain one of the best young point guards in the game in Harris by making this deal. This trade also makes "Sweet" Lou Williams expendable, and given the dearth of quality point guards in the NBA (Chris Duhon is still a starter?), Williams would become a valuable trade chip for the Sixers.

Douglas-Roberts and Williams are both promising young players that provide the Sixers the youth they're looking for on the wing at a fraction of the price of Iggy. While CDR, Williams, and Carney all have shown flashes of promise in their few years in the league, the side with CDR and Williams comes out the landslide winner in young talent.

What's stopping it: Would the Nets be willing to sacrifice their potential power position for this summer's free agent class for Iguodala? Namely, do they believe that the relatively young Iguodala could team alongside Lopez and (presumably) Wall for the next five to 10 years and generate results?

That's the biggest question with this deal, as the Nets have been linked to LeBron James and his impending free agency since what feels like 2006.

The Nets have reportedly been less-than-pleased with Harris' performance this year, and while he was previously thought of as an untouchable, the Nets might consider moving him if they could land a coveted talent like Iguodala in return. (If the Iggy move ended up a bust, they could turn around and pawn him next year, with a shorter contract making him a more valuable asset.)

The Sixers have little incentive not to do this deal. They receive an All-Star talent in return for a second place Dunk Contest finisher, shave millions off their cap figure, and receive strong young talent in return.

Read four other trades that make sense for the Sixers as the trade deadline approaches after the jump.

Utah Jazz great Karl Malone was known as “The Mailman”, delivering the goods no matter what day it was.

In a similar fashion, Josh Smith should be known as “Return to Sender.” He will undoubtedly return even insured packages right back to the one sending it.

Mr. Smith just reached an impressive milestone by becoming the youngest player in NBA history to accumulate 1,000 blocks.

He did it at the ripe young age of 24 years and 59 days.

The original record was set by the former Los Angeles Clippers center Benoit Benjamin, at 25 years and 128 days old.

J-Smoove is currently the 2^nd best shot blocker, behind Dwight “Superman” Howard.

By the way did I mention “Return to Sender” took the record with ease, smacking away 1,000 attempts quicker than any other player rejected 900.

Nenad Krstic of the Oklahoma City Thunder deserves a little bit of credit. He was the one that eagerly offered the shot that was thrown right back in his face.

Oh wait, that’s not a good thing.

Well, at least he will get publicity from it. As the old saying goes there is no such thing as bad publicity.

Josh Smith has swatted 4 plus blocks in 10 of the Hawks’ 48 games so far, and has turned back at least 3 attempts in 6 more games. There have only been 3 games where he didn’t get a block, but one those 3 nights he compiled 8 steals.

A key factor in the Atlanta Hawks November 7^th blowout win against the Denver Nuggets 125-100 at home, was the season-high 6 blocks from the swat machine.

Denver coach George Karl admitted, “Josh Smith had an incredible game. We didn’t respect his shot blocking.”

That says it all right there. Teams and players have to respect his monstrous shot blocking presence, or they pay for it.

Sam Perkins was the last center to be selected for the 3 points shootout, in 1997.

In 2010, it will be done again.

Channing “Cannon” Frye, an assassin standing just less than 7 feet tall, has not only contended for the Most Improved Player award this season, but is the first player at his position in 13 years to be selected to the contest.

That is quite an accomplishment.

The Suns starting center last season was Shaquille “Shaq” O’Neal.  During the off season he was given as a “gift” to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The trade was Shaq for “Big Ben” Wallace, whose contract Phoenix bought out because he was set to retire.

"Big Ben" did end up being the starting center for his old team, the Detroit Pistons, and is looking like his old defensive moster self.

However, Wallace is very close to retirement, and he wouldn’t have fit the Suns system anyway.

To make a long story short, Phoenix dumped an old star nearing retirement along with his ridiculous 21 million dollar salary, and ended up spending only 2 million to pick up the underrated young big that received little love from any other team.

Shaq is managing 12 points, 7 rebounds and a block, at 37.

Frye is posting 12 points, 6 rebounds and a block, at 26.

So for an extra rebound and a bad ego, the big name star of the past is being paid 19 million dollars more.

Also, Frye doesn’t have the “sucks at free throws” limited range. Thankfully, he strokes the trey from several feet behind the three point line.

No diss on Shaq's career, as he will still go down as one of the best of all time.

Robert Sarver and Steve Kerr, even though you give Suns fans many reasons to hate you, this was a good deal.

As Kerr said when trading Shawn Marion for Shaq, “I’m either a moron or a genius.” He later admitted to being a moron when he gave Shaq away for the best offer.

The best offer ending up being a very talented player in Channing Frye, with a much smaller contract.

But, I’ll label Steve Kerr a “genius” now that the Suns have Frye.

“Cannon” is a 3 point specialist, and we wish him luck representing the Phoenix Suns in the shootout.

Quotes by Steve Kerr provided by ESPN.com and SUNS.com

In a last-ditch effort to save the Sixers' floundering season, head coach Eddie Jordan benched two of his every-game starters last week, declaring a "mini-playoff" of sorts for his struggling team in the weeks leading up to the All-Star game.

For the first two games, the newly-benched Thaddeus Young and Lou Williams answered their coach's challenge by scoring 33 and 36 points against Dallas and Indiana in back-to-back wins for the Sixers.  The Sixers moved to 15-28 by virtue of their fourth two-game winning streak of the season, and suddenly looked alive on the court and in the ever-pathetic race for the 8th seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.

The Sixers headed home this past Monday night for the return game of their home-and-home with Indiana, the same Pacers team they beat by double digits on Saturday night.  They had their chance to start their first three-game winning streak of the season (unbelievable, but true), and to generate some legitimate momentum towards their annual second-half playoff charge.

Instead, the Sixers blew their NBA-leading 10th double-digit lead of the season, and the Pacers killed all Sixer momentum with a 109-98 victory.

The Sixers' woes didn't end there.  They headed to 19-25 Milwaukee on Wednesday, where they nearly made a 10-point deficit vanish before losing in excruciating fashion.  Lou Williams fed Elton Brand for a game-tying lay-up with seconds left; not only did Brand miss the layup, but he grabbed the rebound of his own miss, stepped back and bricked a fadeaway 17-footer.

But yea, the basketball gods kept the Sixers' hopes dangling on a string.  Milwaukee only knocked down one of two from the free throw line, leaving the Sixers down three with the ball with 2.2 seconds left.  Naturally, Andre Iguodala, a career 32.4 percent shooter from downtown, jacked up a 27-footer.  Guess how that ended.

Add in a virtually pre-determined loss to the Lakers on Friday night and the Sixers' mini-playoffs have already ground to a halt with an 0-3 week.  Based on "talent" alone, the Sixers should have beaten both Indiana and Milwaukee; their losses may only make management more inclined to blow the team up before the Feb. 18 trade deadline.

With that said, here are some of the biggest story lines to keep an eye on for the Sixers' second half:

Who will be a Sixer past Feb. 18?

This Jan. 29 tweet from ESPN's Ric Bucher says it all about the Sixers and the trade deadline:

"Epicenter" of trade talk, 1 GM says, has shifted from Wizards to Suns, courtesy of Amare's availability. Sixers also unlikely to stand pat.

Ruh roh.  Nice to know you, Andre Iguodala?

The Philadelphia Inquirer only seemed to confirm those sentiments on Friday, getting these comments from Sixers' GM Ed Stefanski:

"I will say that we're very active in talking to teams throughout the league, and we're listening to any option to improve the basketball team. When I was in Jersey, and here, I don't think there are untouchables.

"Anyone can get traded in this league, and we've seen it over and over. But we don't trade a player unless we get value back, basketball-wise."

Well, dear God, I hope that "basketball value" requirement rules out the rumored Iguodala-for-Tracy McGrady swap.

The Sixers would love to unload (at least) one of their three major contracts: Iguodala, Brand, and Samuel Dalembert.  Problem is...no one in the league will bite on Brand, Dalembert hasn't drawn interest for the past 18 months, and the offers for Iguodala have been underwhelming at best.

This will be the biggest issue going forward for this team for the next three weeks, much more so than Jordan's "mini-playoff" motivational tactic.  Bucher's tweet gives every indication that the Sixers will be making moves within the coming weeks, making a second-half prediction that much more difficult.  

Regardless of what roster changes happen over the next three weeks, there are a few other issues worth keeping an eye on...

(Read about five of the Sixers' biggest issues going forward after the jump.)

Candidates for the 6th Man of the Year award are the players that score the most

points off the bench. They are the players that bring their own jumper cables

to the game.They are the spark that ignites their team when they need it the most.

It’s a pretty simple concept.

When the team needs an additional offensive option the 6^th man is brought off the pine.

He puts on a show scoring at will, assisting their team to a victory.

But, why must points be the category looked at when determining who the 6th man is?

Probably because it's easy to look at points first, and look at everything else second.

Now, the object is not to bring up the conversation of how a 6^th man should be chosen.

Tha'ts up to the team's coach. He knows what he needs the most from his bench, what the starters aren't providing.

The majority of the time, that need is a scorer. Whatever non-starter scores the most points is the team's 6th man.

The point trying to be made is there is an NBA player that is overlooked in the 6th Man race simply because he isn't a big scorer. That is a shame.

He is a key reason, besides mighty King James of course, why the team is #1 in the league.

That's right. The Cleveland Cavaliers are #1 in the NBA halfway through the season.

And, if LeBron wouldn’t have had this player healthy the L.A. Lakers would possibly have the best record right now.

Anderson Varejao is one of few that went pro from Brazil. He brings his defensive tenacity (and wild hair) every night.

Whoever says “Who?” needs to stop reading for a second, and do some research.

Or, the writer of this article could do that for you, he supposes.

The power forward and center combo, who stands just under 7 feet tall, and weighs an imposing 260 pounds, is far from a scorer (8.4 points per game), but he is definitely a big help when it comes to the vitals of victory.

He plays 30.1 minutes per game averaging 52.1% field goal shooting, 8 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block per game.

He is one of only 4 players in the league that shoots over 52% from the floor; while grabbing at least 8 rebounds, swiping at least one steal, and swatting at least one shot.

The other 3 players are…

NeNe Hilario is the Denver Nuggets’ starting center and a fellow Brazilian native. He is a a key reason why Denver holds the high record they do.

Marc Gasol is the Memphis Grizzlies’ starting center. The big guy is a major factor in the remodeling of his team from a cellar dweller to a team in the playoff hunt.

Dwight Howard is the Orlando Magic's starting center, and “Superman” doesn’t need an introduction.

That’s not bad company. Not bad at all.

The only difference is Varejao is the only player doing this off the bench.

If looking for help for LeBron, consider getting this  underappreciated player about 5 more shots per outing.

With over 52 percent accuracy, he could easily average 15 or 16 points per night. Add that with what he already gives, and watch the results.

With the NBA's trade deadline now less than a month away, a number of slumping teams appear to be ready to slash-and-burn their rosters to avoid the NBA's luxury tax.

Thanks to the global recession, the NBA's salary cap will drop next year , for only the second time since 1983-84.  This means that teams with salaries right at the luxury cap this year need to get rid of $2 million-$3 million in contracts to avoid being taxed in 2010-11.

The Utah Jazz and New Orleans Hornets have led the way thus far, with the Jazz trading rookie Eric Maynor and the injured Matt Harpring for Peter Fehse (who's never played a game in the NBA), and the Hornets sending Hilton Armstrong to the Sacramento Kings for a 2016 conditional pick .

But the Philadelphia 76ers' name has been flying around in trade rumors too.

ESPN and the Philadelphia Inquirer have referenced a purported trade centered around a swap of swingman Andre Iguodala for Houston's Tracy McGrady and his $23 million expiring contract.

And the Sixers have been actively shopping Samuel Dalembert for the past 18 months...but they've gone "0-for-29 " around the league thus far, according the Inquirer. (Although with his improved play as of late, and the fact he's the Sixers' only defensive presence down low , Sammy may be less available than widely assumed.)

I already wrote last week on why the Sixers' management deserves to be fired if they trade Iguodala for McGrady , so I won't go into it further here.

But when I read Marc Stein's "Weekend Dime" on ESPN yesterday and saw this:

"One NBA front-office source told ESPN.com that the Sixers would also be amenable to moving Lou Williams in the right deal. The 23-year-old guard was previously thought to be a Philly untouchable."

I damn near swore off the team for the rest of the season.

Make no mistake, if the Sixers trade Iguodala for McGrady, they're raising the white flag on the rest of the season, figuring it's better to blow up the core now and get a head start on the rebuilding process.

The only problem is...they'd still have Dalembert's $12.2 million expiring contract on the books next season, along with nearly $51 million more going to Elton Brand over the next three years.

The "rebuilding" process will likely be stifled by those two players sucking up nearly half of the Sixers' available cap space.

And dear God, didn't they just opt not to re-sign Andre Miller because Lou Williams was their point guard of the future?  By trading him away, the management is effectively announcing to the rest of the league that they had no idea what they were doing these past two years.  (Wouldn't be surprising, but still.)

No, as tempting as it is for the 14-28 Sixers to fire-sale now, get a top 10 pick in the NBA Draft, and potentially become a suitor in the 2010 free agent bonanza...it's only a solution on the surface.  But when you break it down, that choice defies all logic.

Who's to say that a top 10 pick is going to be any better than a pick in the 11-18 range?  The Knicks made Jordan Hill the No. 8 pick in the draft this past season.  Ty Lawson went 18th.  (And for that matter, the Sixers' own Jrue Holiday went No. 17). Who's made more of an impact this season?

And the Sixers aren't signing Bosh, LeBron, or D-Wade.  No way.  As much fun as it is to dream about an A.I.-to-LeBron hook-up next year, the Sixers won't have the requisite cap space and talent to lure any of the marquee free agents.

If history holds to form, that would leave the Sixers with over $20 million in cap space...to overpay a lesser talent.  What's better...the Sixers paying Iggy $14 million a year, or them signing Rudy Gay to an equally bloated contract?

No, instead, the Sixers should keep this core together this year (unless someone knocks them over with a trade offer) and use the rest of the season to really evaluate their young talent.

In my eyes, Lou Williams has been the team's most reliable go-to scorer, and one of the only guys on the team consistently capable of creating his own shot.  It's hard for me to believe that the Sixers being willing to dangle his name as trade bait is anything but a knee-jerk reaction to their current record.

Can Thaddeus Young, who was benched last night for Elton Brand, start to fit comfortably in the small forward or power forward role?  (He's somewhat of a "tweener" currently.)

Can Marreese Speights become serviceable on defense, or will his offensive gifts continue to be lost due to his lack of defensive presence?  Is Jrue Holiday a natural fit at point guard?  (And is he the reason the Sixers may consider Williams expendable?)

Then, next year , once they've had a full season (the second half of this year and the first half of next season) to evaluate their talent...then they should make the moves.

Iguodala and Brand will each have one year less remaining on their contracts, increasing their desirability.

And with Sammy Dalembert's $12.2 million, along with $6.6 million from Jason Kapono and $4 million from Willie Green all coming off the books after next season, the Sixers will already have $20 million+ in expiring contracts to play with.

In other words, next year they already get the cap flexibility that the McGrady trade would enable, without making a single move!

While it's far too early to say who the major prizes in the NBA's 2011 free agent class will be (it's impossible to say whether the big names in '10 will sign 1-year deals or long-term contracts), one guy whose contract expires in 2011 is Carmelo Anthony, who happens to be currently leading the NBA in scoring average.

Even if the Sixers don't land a big-name free agent in 2011, $20 million in cap space affords them contract space for two decent players (or a big contract and a mid-level exception).

Most importantly, they keep their young core of Williams/Young/Holiday/Speights, allowing them to develop chemistry with each other for years to come.

If the Sixers' management decides that one of those pieces doesn't fit their grand puzzle, they can ship them away with Dalembert's expiring contract, turning that into a legitimate piece for the team for the future.

If the Sixers fire-sale this year and get little in return, management effectively announces that they care more about money than winning.

So, Sixers fans, if they make some asinine trade...don't give them your money for the rest of the season.

They won't deserve it.

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JC is a solid leader in the 6^th Man award, thus far in the season.

He’s averaging 17.1 points on 35.7% shooting from beyond the arc, in 30.6 minutes of play.

He’s the Atlanta Hawks’ 2^nd best scorer, after MVP candidate Joe Johnson, at 21.2 points per game.

He’s played in all 41 games at the season’s halfway mark, and has come off the bench for every single game.

With each award, comes fierce competition. So, it’s time to take a look at the 4 other players that assemble the top 5 list for candidates for the trophy, in reverse order.

#5 Golden State Warriors forward Corey Maggette

20.3 points per game leads all bench players in the league in scoring, but he has started 19 out of the 39 games he has played, and by the end of the season will more than likely have started more games than he has come off the bench in, disqualifying him.

#4 New York Knicks forward Al Harrington

He is stroking 30.6% of his treys, while scoring 18.2 points. However, he should be starting

for his squad, which, by the way, is a losing team. 6^th men are meant to have an impact in the game, and to will the team to victory, and he just doesn’t cut it, in that respect.

#3 Houston Rockets forward Carl Landry

55.6% field goal accuracy is 9^th best in the league, and 1^st for bench players, and he can come into a game, control the tempo, and put on a show off the pine. But, 15.6 points is almost 2 points per game less than Crawford.

#2 Dallas Mavericks guard Jason Terry

34.4% shooting from downtown (1.3% less) for 16.5 points (.6 points less), in 33.7 minutes (3.1 minutes more) are good numbers, and he is a powerful spark plug off the pine for Dallas, but he has to take 2^nd in this race.

This puts Jamal at 1^st in the running for the award, and he deserves it. But, he has tough competition right behind him. So, it is by no means said and done, and he must continue to improve and pad his stats in order to claim winner.

He has been the team’s leading scorer in 14 of their 41 games.

5 for 13 (38%) from beyond the arc for 17.7 points in 3 wins against the Boston Celtics only helps his cause.

The best part about Jamal Crawford, is he would trade it all just to make his 1^st trip to the playoffs.

“If we get there this year, I’m really going to enjoy it,” Crawford says.

In a January 8 win against Boston, he converted a 4 point play after being knocked into the seats on a 3 point shot from the corner.

He consistently makes jumpers to win or seal the game.

“He does that all the time,” teammate Josh Smith said. “It’s unbelievable. When he gets it going, he’s hard to stop.”

Enough said.

Quotes provided by ESPN.COM

Another day, another one-point or two-point loss for the Sixers.

While the opponents change, the story remains the same: The Sixers have the ball, down one or two points with one possession left, someone manages to take an ill-advised three-pointer, and they lose the game in regulation.

At the beginning of December, it was Andre Iguodala taking an off-balance, fade-away three-pointer in a one-point loss to the Charlotte Bobcats.  Five days before that, after hitting a game-tying three with 5.6 seconds left, Iggy bricked another potential game-winning three after Dallas' Jason Terry drilled a 17-footer with 1.4 seconds left.

One week ago, Lou Williams was the anti-hero who bricked a last-second three in a two-point loss to Toronto.  And five days ago, seldom-used Rodney Carney got in on the brick party, missing on a 25-footer at the end of regulation to send the Sixers to a one-point loss at the hands of the New York Knicks.

"We fight to the end, but for whatever reason, it never happens," Williams said after the loss to Toronto.

Well, Lou, I've got one guess at why it never happens.  ("It" being you winning close games, of course.)

Because it seems like your coach, Eddie Jordan, doesn't understand the fundamentals of basketball.

You see, Lou, in basketball, you don't have to always go for a game-winning shot if you're down with one shot left.  Contrary to popular belief, a tie at the end of regulation is actually allowed, according to the bylaws of the NBA.

On the rare occasion that a game happens to be tied at the end of regulation, it goes into this extra period called "overtime," where both teams get to play five more minutes to decide a game, instead of hanging their hopes on one shot.

For some reason, your coach doesn't seem to understand this "overtime" period.  When the Sixers have the ball, down one or two points, with one possession left...a seemingly-random Sixer will take an ill-advised three-pointer to try and win the game right then and there.

And it never works.

The Sixers rank 17th in the NBA in three-point shooting percentage, shooting 35 percent from downtown.  They shoot 45 percent from two.

Does Eddie Jordan have that little confidence in his team that he's always in a win-or-go-home mentality?

Granted, this could be unwarranted criticism of Jordan.  Maybe he draws up a play to go to the inside each time, and the opponents seem to always foil his plans while leaving someone wide open from three.  (In fact, against the Knicks, the play was supposedly drawn up to go inside to Marreese Speights, but the Knicks had double-teamed him, leaving Carney wide open from 25 feet.)

Maybe there's a reason those teams leave those players open, though.  Maybe they want the Sixers taking those shots.

Maybe Jordan should have a "Plan A" (like the play to Speights) and a "Plan B," both drawn inside the three-point line , in case "Plan A" goes to hell.

But for the love of God, coach Jordan, please tell your players to stop jacking up low-percentage threes as their final shot in a close game?

I know your Princeton offense got put on the shelf for now, but there's a few fundamental basketball plays that these Sixers still need to learn.

Please teach them to take a smart shot if they're going to try and win a game at the buzzer.  Or teach them about overtime.

But don't make me watch any more jacked up threes at the final buzzer.

You're better than that.  I hope.

Atlanta Hawks: Consistently Inconsistent

The Atlanta Hawks are considered one of the best teams in the East and in the NBA. Joe Johnson and the Hawks have had a ton of quality wins against the the best in the league.  The only problem is, one day they win by 25 and the next day they lose by 25. Some people might say this is maturity but this can't be the excuse forever.

This team has been together for a pretty long time. With the core of Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, and Al Horford, this team is one of the most talented in the league. This team is very athletic and is first in the league in fast break points.

With the addition of Jamal Crawford who is looking like the sixth man of the year, this team has the pieces to win a title.

The worry about the Hawks is that they have yet to win against the Orlando Magic or the Cleveland Cavaliers. They have beaten the Celtics every time they have played them. In these games however, Kevin Garnett didn't play.

The Hawks have said they want to be considered one of the elite teams in the East. To have that come true they have to beat the elite teams in the East like the Magic and the Cavs.

With the NBA trade deadline quickly approaching it's apparent that numerous transactions will go through within the next few weeks.

Amongst the trade talks circulating throughout the league, the Cleveland Cavaliers are one of the contenders pushing hard to acquire a player of Antawn Jamison's caliber.

Since the Wizards are one of the top most willing teams to dump off their player contracts, it's reasonable to say that a trade involving Jamison is more likely to happen than not.

In ESPN's trade scenario, the Cavaliers would send over starting center Zydrunas Ilgauskas and his hefty expiring contract for Jamison straight up. That way the Wizards would get rid of the remaining three-years on Twan's contract and the Cavaliers would obtain the power-forward that they have been searching for to help bring them to the NBA Finals.

In a perfect world the Wizards would then waive Big Z, enabling the Cavaliers to re-sign him.

If this trade were to go through the 33 year-old Jamison would finally receive the opportunity to contend for the title for the first time in his 11 year career.

Fantasy impact for your fantasy team

Jamison joining LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers provides fantasy owners with pros and cons.

A positive would be that the forwards rebounds per game would quickly improve, while his points production would ultimately take a big hit.

On the season Jamison is dropping 21.3 PPG (14th best in the NBA). Alongside a teammate like James, Jamisons touches and shots per game will inevitably reduce, BUT that would result in a higher field-goal and three-point shooting percentage for the veteran.

Although Jamison's points per game will drop by a matter of 3 to 4 points, his increase in rebounds and overall shooting percentage should help him remain as a top tier fantasy forward in the league.

Trade or Keep?

Keeping Jamison on your squad will help your team out in the long run. In the NBA it's all about consistency and Jamison is one of the most consistent forwards in the league.