What Jermaine O'Neal Actually Means to the Toronto Raptors

There definitely hasn't been any shortage of analysis on what Jermaine O'Neal may or may not bring to the Raptors this year. However, there is a common theme in most of the analysis I have come across that simply baffles me—the idea that JO would only have a major impact on the club if he is able to return to 20-10 form. I got news for ya.  If JO returned to 20-10 form the Raptors would be the odds on favorite to win it all, not just improve slightly. Nobody—and I mean nobody —has two 20-10 guys in today's NBA. I went back to 2001 (as far back as ESPN has readily available) and NOT ONE team has had two guys even average 10 rebounds in the same season, let alone 20 and 10 each. I'm going to focus on the rebounds portion of this analysis because there are numerous teams that have had two guys average more than 20 points a game with little correlation to overall success. The closest teams to having two 10 rpg guys were as follows: '06-07 Suns: Marion and Amare ... (link)