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that 70% stat is skewed by the game Dampier missed where Bynum went 8-8
Iggy alone may not be enough... Dalembert along with him gives you a decent C tandem capable of guarding Bynum IMHO.
They need iggy, kmart wil be useless for them. Mav's weakness is backcourt defense, iggy is a great defender.
that 70% stat is skewed by the game Dampier missed where Bynum went 8-8
Iggy alone may not be enough... Dalembert along with him gives you a decent C tandem capable of guarding Bynum IMHO.
I have spent a lot of time over the past week or so trying to find ways that this could happen. Dorell Wright would be perfect for the Spurs.
My point was Bynum owns Dampier's soul. Dallas won't have a chance in to come out of that series alive if Bynum averages 20 on 70% like he has been.
We'll let Bynum get his. Iggy+Marion can contain Kobe and maybe get him frustrated a bit.
Thing is Bynum scoring 25 won't kill us.
I'd rather not trade him at present as a pure piece of expiring contract while you could have got a whole lot of talents a couple years ago from the same person. No way would Philly dismantle Iggy for a single piece of expiring contract unless the taker agrees to absorb Dale's awful contract, which would inexorably involve other Mavs that Donnie loves too much to put on sale.
Leaving alone Matt Carroll that no team would ever consider accepting, the other fringe players only earn salaries ranging from 1 million to 2, which means Donnie would need to pack up a half of team rosters in order to match Dalembert's salary. And Mavs don't have such dormant staffs as Van Horn this time.
I too would rather the Mavs win over the Lakers.
On the Block: Josh Howard, Mavericks
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With the Feb. 18 trading deadline approaching, SportingNews’ Sean Deveney assesses the latest player rumors. Today’s player on the spot: Mavericks swingman Josh Howard.
The facts: The multi-talented Howardhas struggled with ankle injuries over the last two years, and he has complained about his diminishing role in Dallas. Howard is averaging career lows in shooting (39.4 percent) and 3-point shooting (26.5).
Bait needed: Howard makes $10.9 million on a contract that can expire this summer. That makes him attractive, both as a talented player and as an expiring contract, and the Mavericks are looking to add another big scorer to replace him, regardless of the player’s contract.
Welcome mat: Dallas has been linked to wing players with big remaining contracts-Philadelphia’s Andre Iguodala tops the list, with Sacramento’s Kevin Martin and Washington’s Caron Butler also candidates. The Bulls, with combo guard Kirk Hinrich or John Salmons, could be an option, too.
Logic test: The Mavericks are just 6-7 in their last 13 and haven’t been playing defense-they’ve given up 100-plus points in five straight games. Howard is a good defender, but he hasn’t been moving well, and the Mavs could lose him to free agency. Any team that trades for him will, at least, have an upper hand in re-signing Howard if he plays well down the stretch. So a deal involving Howard makes sense.
So they say: "The ankle is aproblem, but probably only in the short term. If you want him just as an expiring contract, that works. But if you are looking at him as a player to keep going forward, he is very talented and very versatile." - Western Conference scout
Bottom line: The Mavericks are just two games behind Denver for the second seed in the West-and time is running out for them to challenge the Lakers and return to the NBA Finals in the Dirk Nowitzki era. They will have to settle for a bad contract, but with a win-now mentality,they will be aggressive.
If we are unable to bring in some SERIOUS talent with Josh, Gooden, and Dampier's contracts, then something is wrong. The warriors offered Ellis for Josh not once, but twice. Had we taken that deal, and traded dampier/gooden/barea for iggy dalembart, we'd be sporting this lineup:
PG- Kidd
SG- Ellis
SF- Iggy
PF-Dirk
C- Dalembart
Not to mention if philly is in rebuilding mode they might decide to give damp's minutes to a young guy and just go ahead and release him, allowing Damp to come back to us for the minimum.
You sure 'bout dat?
link?
With the team they have now, Dallas isn't getting past the second round. So I doubt we'd face the Lakers anyways, unless we're the 4 seed.
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