Devin Harris, Jason Kidd, and Defense

Trading Devin Harris to the New Jersey Nets for Jason Kidd was a colossal mistake for the Dallas Mavericks and the criticisms for the trade when it happened were as true then as they are now when the results of the trade are there for anyone to see. In making this trade, the Mavericks mortgaged the future for a point guard that is entering the twilight of his career and does not possess the capability to push the Mavericks into the elite of the Western Conference. If the Mavericks had kept Harris, they would have been keeping a player who had a better start to his career than Kidd and was only going to get better. Both Harris and Kidd entered the NBA at the age of twenty-one and Harris in his first four seasons has already shown that he is a much more offensively efficient player than Kidd ever was. Although Harris does not have the gaudy assist totals of Kidd, he is a much better shooter, which makes up for that deficiency.One criticism of the trade, though, that was undeserved...