Mavs Not Getting Gortat

[sribb43]

Why would anyone want Dampier and his crappy contract? Have you been able to come up with one scenario that makes sense? That is laughable to me, Cubes will need to ride that one out, like so many other stupid deals he has made.

obviously, you are clueless

[Shank]

I can see Orlando matching. I understand Smith doesn't want to lose a big with potential like that for nothing. It obviously doesn't make sense to keep him chained to the bench when you have Howard in front of him. I just wonder if he realizes that the Marion trade could've been done w/o Orlando's participation and the Mavs netted them a trade exception. Plus, I don't think it's any coincidence that Bass went to Orlando and Cuban elected not to offer him more money and make it worth his while financially to stay in Dallas. A TE and Bass for Gortat is a heck of an exchange. I just hope Smith doesn't get greedy and matches. I'd say 70-80% chance Gortat becomes a Mav.

If they do match Gortat, they're paying a load in tax AND they'll have to fill the holes in the roster with a bunch of scrubs with the money they don't have (and pay tax on top of that, too). It doesn't make sense for Orlando. Why sign 1 guy and end up paying double in taxes when you can get 2-3 better options for less?

Smith and Donnie have a good history, though. On top of GMs screwing each other, it would be two friends doing the same. But I'm not even worried about that. It's the money on the Magic's end that leads me to believe they won't match.

[sook]

Should have pulled a Rockets this year.

[Knoxxx]

obviously, you are clueless

How so? Cuban runs $95-$100 million payrolls and still can't buy a championship. You think I dreamed that up? It's weak management, obviously.

[djohn2oo8]

how so? Cuban runs $95-$100 million payrolls and still can't buy a championship. You think i dreamed that up? It's weak management, obviously.

+1

[IronMexican]

+1

You seriously watch MLS? The quality is so bad. Might as well watch D-2 Football and the AFL.

[djohn2oo8]

You seriously watch MLS? The quality is so bad. Might as well watch D-2 Football and the AFL.

That must be why the Galaxy gave Beckham a 250 million dollar contract

[Ghazi]

How so? Cuban runs $95-$100 million payrolls and still can't buy a championship. You think I dreamed that up? It's weak management, obviously.

obviously you're still clueless

[MWILL]

Old News! That article was written before Orlando signed Bass.

I wouldn't worry about this too much.

[lefty]

LMAO Mavs

[Ghazi]

I'm fairly confident Gortat will be a Mav. It will be utterly bushleague if Orlando matches at the last minute, tying up our MLE for the next few days and raiding us of a quality player after our guys essentially provided them a trade exception and Bass.

I refuse to believe anyone is that much of a gutless swine

[exstatic]

If Orlando matches, it will be because they have a deal in place already, and they'll execute it the day they can. Someone probably called them up and said "we were going to offer you _____ for Gortat" and O said "OK".

The tax think only comes into play at the END of the season. If they offload Gortat to a team with a trade exception or cap room enough to absorb his salary before the Feb deadline, voila, no tax.

[Shank]

If Orlando matches, it will be because they have a deal in place already, and they'll execute it the day they can. Someone probably called them up and said "we were going to offer you _____ for Gortat" and O said "OK".

The tax think only comes into play at the END of the season. If they offload Gortat to a team with a trade exception or cap room enough to absorb his salary before the Feb deadline, voila, no tax.

You are wrong in so many ways, I don't even know where to start.

[monosylab1k]

Then again, your bet to never post is just another idle threat much like SD did.

I'm one of the few guys to man up and actually keep my word on a bet. SpursDynasty and I had a deal where the loser of the Mavs-Warriors series was out for the rest of the playoffs. The Mavs lost, and I kept my end of the bargain.

I wouldn't expect you to know this since you're another post-Gasol trade Laker fan to join here, so no surprises here.

[monosylab1k]

You are wrong in so many ways, I don't even know where to start.

[Findog]

They can't trade Gortat until December 15th. Say they wanted to trade him to a center-starved team like the Houston Rockets. Houston had their chance to get Gortat on the open market and they didn't step up and offer the same contract as Dallas. They probably don't want Gortat at the full MLE for 5 years. Any team that didn't want to match Dallas' offer for Gortat, why would they give up an asset 3 months down the line when all it would've cost them was the full MLE in the summer?

[Shank]

What if the Magic did have some magical deal in place and Gortat blows out a knee in the 90 days? Then what? The trade is off and the Magic are stuck with their backup, injured center costing the team $12 million/year.

Then again, that sounds like something the Rockets would covet anyway.

[djohn2oo8]

What if the Magic did have some magical deal in place and Gortat blows out a knee in the 90 days? Then what? The trade is off and the Magic are stuck with their backup, injured center costing the team $12 million/year.

Then again, that sounds like something the Rockets would covet anyway.

LMAO @ Dirk for Kobe

[Shank]

LMAO @ Dirk for Kobe

What?

[Findog]

LMAO @ Dirk for Kobe

That trade was never a possibility. The Lakers weren't going to do anything with Kobe until the summer of 2008 if he was still unhappy. You might try doing research before you post on things you know nothing about.

[monosylab1k]

That trade was never a possibility.

Cuban already confirmed that the deal was on the table and that he turned it down.

[djohn2oo8]

You might try doing research before you post on things you know nothing about.

The deal was on the table

[Findog]

Cuban already confirmed that the deal was on the table and that he turned it down.

It's my understanding that the talks reached the ownership stage. I don't believe the Lakers were going to do Kobe for Dirk straight up. And even if both ownership groups agreed, it wouldn't have mattered bc Kobe had a no-trade clause and made it explicitly clear he wanted to go to Dallas to play WITH Dirk, not with Jason Terry and Josh Howard. They had no incentive to do anything with Kobe until the summer of 2008, since he had the original opt-out clause for this summer.

Bottom line: Kobe for Dirk was NEVER a possibility, and it's not Cuban's fault.

[Findog]

The deal was on the table

Kobe had to agree to it, and he wasn't going to. Do some research.

[Shank]

...and here's where we make a sharp left turn for no ing reason whatsoever.