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This is what I wan't to hear. Now we just need to keep on upgrading one little piece at a time. We still need to move damps contract for a real center who can score.
Sources: Mavs pursue Raps' Marion
By Marc Stein
ESPN.com
The Dallas Mavericks, after striking verbal agreements over the past few days to retain Jason Kidd and sign restricted free agent Marcin Gortat to an offer sheet, have identified their latest target: Shawn Marion.
The Mavericks and Toronto Raptors, according to NBA front-office sources, are discussing a sign-and-trade deal that would bring Marion to Dallas.
Although no trade appeared imminent Monday night, Dallas has emerged as perhaps the best option for Marion. He appeared to be heading for a new deal with the Raptors when Toronto succeeded in wooing Hedo Turkoglu away from the Portland Trail Blazers with an 11th-hour bid on Friday after Turkoglu had committed to the Blazers.
If the Mavericks and Raptors can strike a deal -- with a third team potentially needed to help make the salary-cap math work -- sources say that former All-Star guard Jerry Stackhouse will almost certainly be headed to the Raptors in the exchange. Stackhouse is scheduled to earn $7 million next season at age 34, but only $2 million of his salary is guaranteed.
Without a sign-and-trade, Marion's options for landing a contract that starts above the projected mid-level exception of $5.8 million next season would appear to be exhausted, with neither Portland nor Oklahoma City -- teams that still have cap space to burn -- expected to make him an offer.
Marc Stein is a senior NBA writer for ESPN.com.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4310011
This is what I wan't to hear. Now we just need to keep on upgrading one little piece at a time. We still need to move damps contract for a real center who can score.
Do it.
The Spurs would finally be able to beat the Mavs.
What about Howard? Where would he play?
howard for marion
YES
Wasn't the reason Marion was always shut down because of Bruce?
marion>stackhouse. good move but nothing to scare the elite teams. as long as dampier is on that team they are horrible
Yes, but what do they do with Josh? Who starts? Have fun trying to sort that out.
Isn't that what you said after we got Kidd?
Yeah that's a good point. Two whiny emo crybabies at SF isn't a pretty thing to think about. I think Josh could play SG if he had to tho. Better than having Antoine Wright out there.
Josh can definitely play SG. His playing style fits the SG position well. He likes having the ball, he can handle it and bring it up the court, and he can score. In his first couple years he played a fair amount at the SG position as well. I like the idea of Josh playing SG and Marion at SF. Gives you two long athletic wings to run with Jason Kidd and to switch between on guys like Kobe and Bron. And Marion is a very good rebounder on both ends, still plays decent defense, hits open threes, and finishes well at the rim. Kidd throwing alley-oops to Marion =
PG - Kidd, Barea
SG - Howard, Terry or Wright
SF - Marion, George or Wright
PF - Nowitzki, Bass (if they keep him which i think they will)
C - Gortat, Dampier
pretty solid.
Now that's a pretty good one.
Marion is getting old and noticeably less productive with each passing year tho. I love this if it's a "get Marion for nothing" deal involving Stackhouse. If we ship out anything of value for Marion, this is decidedly less than a home run deal, meaning Cuban/Donnie still have a lot of work to do.
We need to move Dumbpier for a real center
EDIT: Turning over new leaf as well.
We know Marion plays well with Kidd and he'll probably be as good player to have along side Dirk.
Last edited by Gino; 07-06-2009 at 09:42 PM.
When the alternative is Antoine Wright or Devean George, it's absolutely a good move to make. In fact, when the best line-up last year included (5'7") JJ Barea essentially playing the 2-guard, ummm, yeah, you know...
And, I think Josh Howard is capable of playing 2-guard without too much trouble.
The question is what will the Raps want in return?
If I keep saying the same thing, eventually I'll be right.
probably something ridiculous....but hey, that wouldn't stop a deal (alas J.Kidd)
I can only get marginally excited if this is true.
Yeah I'm sure it would be very sad for you to see Stackhouse go.
I think the Raptors had to renounce their rights to Marion to sign Hedo, so they can't do a sign and trade, and the Mavs already used the MLE on Gortat. How are they going to sign him?
If that was the case, there would be no discussions.
This is a good move....make it happen Cuban
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