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Cuban filling out his fantasy league team again this summer.
Hornet's doing Wallace in a S&T for Terry.
well Harris needs to be out there so he can become consistent. I, as well well as the majority of the fanbase, am getting tired of him being benched just because he makes the slightest mistake. How is he going to learn if you do that? If we have to take a step back for a year for him to become our main point guard, than so be it.
Cuban filling out his fantasy league team again this summer.
Hornet's doing Wallace in a S&T for Terry.
Mavs target free-agent Wallace
11:33 PM CDT on Sunday, July 1, 2007
By EDDIE SEFKO / The Dallas Morning News
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The Mavericks were among the first half-dozen teams to inquire about free-agent swingman Gerald Wallace, but it will be a long, difficult journey to acquire him.
It's also possible that other free-agent targets will be more obtainable.
Still, Wallace is near or at the top of the Mavs' wish list, even though acquiring him will take much more than the mid-level exception, which is expected to be between $5.8 million and $6 million.
Wallace, who averaged 18.1 points and 7.2 rebounds for Charlotte last season, is considered one of the top-three free agents left on the board, along with Seattle's Rashard Lewis and Detroit's Chauncey Billups. He will command as much as $10 million annually, which means the Mavericks would have to work a sign-and-trade deal with the Bobcats.
"We're working the phones," president of basketball operations Donnie Nelson said Sunday. "We were on it until 2:30 in the morning doing our jobs and knowing what's out there. We got a lot of lines out, and we don't know which one is going to hit.
"We're just going to take our time. It could be a day or it could be a month."
It will be difficult to get anything done with Wallace. Most insiders believe he will stay with Charlotte even though the Bobcats last week traded for Jason Richardson, who plays the same position as Wallace.
The Mavericks would have to ship contracts that match within 25 percent of the starting salary Wallace gets. And the Bobcats would no doubt want hefty value on the players coming their way.
Gerald Wallace (right) averaged 18.1 points and 7.2 rebounds for Charlotte last season. Wallace's agent, Rob Pelinka, did not immediately return phone calls.
The Mavericks are also interested in forward P.J. Brown, whose agent, Mark Bartelstein, also represents James Posey and Mikki Moore. Brown is contemplating retirement, but the Mavericks may be able to acquire him for their biannual exception, which is worth $1.8 million.
Others on the Mavs' board are Matt Barnes and Mickael Pietrus from Golden State.
On the home front, Nelson and Jerry Stackhouse's agent, Jeff Schwartz, indicated Sunday that both sides are hopeful to reach an agreement this week
Don't see how it can happen, but if Wallace is insistent on going elsewhere, and the Bobcats see Terry as an upgrade over Felton, then I don't know why they wouldn't salvage something for him.
But there's a lot of other teams out there that want him too. I'd much prefer though to slide Josh over to the 2 and bring in Wallace to play the 3 than keep chasing after KG.
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