The Los Angeles Lakers started their 4 game east coast trip on a high note last night with a convincing victory over the Chicago Bulls. But while the Lakers are riding high, winning 8 of their last 11 games and boasting the NBA's 3rd best scoring offense, rumors abound about them possibly picking up Hall of Famer to be Jason Kidd.

I am never one to pass up an offer to improve my basketball team, especially if I can get someone who I feel is one of the best point guards to ever play the game. Of course the problem is (as it always is), who do you give up? I think its pretty clear that Kobe Bryant and Andrew Bynum are untouchable.

I'm sorry, but if I'm the Nets, the Lakers don't have anything else I would want. I would have no inhibitions about trading Lamar Odom. The problem is, why would New Jersey want him? I mean, you put him at the 4 to go along with Carter and Jefferson. Does that make the Nets any better? I mean you can count on Kidd to give you 15 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds a night. While Lamar will score 22 points, and grab 15 boards one night, and follow that up with 8 points and 4 boards the next. It's a complete one sided move, unless the Nets are looking to clear salary cap space after next season when Lamar's contract runs out. But even after Lamar's contract runs out, they will still be over the cap because of the extensions they have given to Jefferson and Carter over the last 2 off-seasons.

Another scenario would be to trade Kwame's contract along with the long contract of either Vlad Rad or Walton and a first round pick, and maybe Farmar. Once again, if you're the Nets, is that enough? I say no. You already have a young point guard for the future in Marcus Williams. You have Jefferson, Nachbar and Antoine Wright at the Small Forward position (which both Walton and Vlad play), and the Lakers 1st round pick would likely be in the bottom 3rd of the first round.

While all Laker fans daydream about Kidd leading the fastbreak with Kobe on one wing, Trevor Ariza on the other and Andrew Bynum trailing, the fact of the matter is that the Lakers simply don't have the guns necessary to bring Kidd to Los Angeles. The ONLY WAY that Kidd will be in a Laker uniform this season is if he demands Nets management to trade him there.