Panic In Mavtown

I feel the Mavs win is more about the Lakers losing than anything else. I just don't think Kobe's "right". He seems way slower overall and actually looks a bit out of shape.
The Lakers, while being huge on the frontcourt, have a mediocre to poor backcourt. This should be concerning to Mr. Zen himself, Phil, because the Spurs have one of the quickest backcourts, I'd say top 5 quickest, in the league. Anyway, props to the Mavs for winning, but I feel there's more concern in Lakerland today than there is in Mavland as to where they are headed, respectively, in the standings.

Lakers are very old and tired looking who think they can just flip a switch. Like 2003 all over.

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Panic in Mavtown

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When is there not? Their team could win 67 games and have the best 55 game stretch ever and their fans would be panicking.

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Originally Posted by K-State Spur

I get what you're saying - and I've taken off on a few tangents myself - but the point is this: Haywood does NOT have trade value with his contract.

For Dallas to move him - to Charlotte or anywhere - they would have to add pieces on their end (i.e. RB, which they wouldn't do), or they would have to take on an even worse contract (more likely).

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Neither did Arenas, or Turkoglu, or myriad other players over the years supposedly. It's not about whether he has trade value (we all know he doesn't), it's the fact that despite that, that almost never means someone is unmovable.

In the next two years, as Mel_13 said, the Bobcats would actually save money in this proposed trade.

You don't know for certain the Mavs would have to add on their end. I'm not saying for certain they wouldn't, I just wouldn't be so quick to rule the trade out on the basis of Haywood having freshly signed an instant albatross. History has shown (recent history, even) that that means nothing.