We were the 2nd best team in the West before GK stepped down to treat his cancer... and only .500 team the rest of the way when he's gone, went from 2nd to 4th. It's not coincidence. Firstly and most important, we need to address the rebounding and big production (both offense and defense)... Kenyon was sensational in the month of December and January (10+ rpg) but injury slowed him down. Nene is a big guy that can devour 12 rebounds every game if he wants to... but too many games he comes up with 3, 4, 5 rebounds, and 4, 5 shot attempts despite not being in foul trouble. When BOTH KMart and Nene have 4, 5 rebounds EACH, it spells disaster. But when they grab 10+ rebounds each, I don't think we lose too many of those games. It's just too many times I see Nene finish with 4, 5 rebounds... this has to be addressed. Kenyon has the will but he is injury prone. Bring someone who can rebound and we have not done anything to address this. Secondly, J.R. represents a HUGE chunk of our bench production. Sadly, he's not reliable... he's too combustile and inconsistent. We don't need him to put 40 pts and 11 threes in one game, and then flop for the next 2-3 weeks of games... we need someone who can provide steady 15 ppg every night. Nothing spectacular/ explosive... just quitely steady. When he gives us 5, 6 pts on 20% shooting, that's when he hurts us. Not only lack of production off the bench but also the shot attempts that were horrible and should have been turned more efficiently. Thirdly, I think we need Chauncey to slow down a little. He has history of burning out and fatigue in the post-season because he plays too much in the regular season... it's true! We need to save his legs... I am a BIG believer in Ty Lawson and I think he should step in right away and be the starter over Chauncey, who moves to bench role and still gives us 25 solid minutes per game. This helps Ty's development and save Chauncey's legs. Fourth, let Arron Afflalo grow. I believe this guy can average 15 ppg this season... and be an outstanding outside shooter, a little bit more overall scorer and quality lock-down defender in one package. If we should improve from within, he and Ty Lawson will be accounted for the most improvement. Verdict: I think we need to eliminate inconsistency... we do this and it's addition by subtraction. TRADE J.R. for a quality big © who can rebound, move Nene to PF and complement Nene. It astounds me we still have not made any attempt to trade J.R. or address our rebounding issue. The good thing is, I believe, there are plenty of teams out there who still believe in J.R.'s potential (I do think under master managers like Phil Jackson, J.R. can be molded into the player everyone knows he's capable of being) and we still can get a quality player in return if we trade him.