Mavs trade Anthony Johnson to Hawks for 2007 2nd rounder

[mabber]

I personally am surprised that they gave up some insurance. If Terry or Harris go down for any lenth of time then we will be thin. What would of hurt to have Anthony Johnson around just this year? Not like Cuban is hurting for money. I just hope it does not come back to bite the Mavericks.

They must be confident in JJ as their 3rd string point guard.

[Bruno]

It's a very solid move for Dallas : they save money, open playtime for their prospects and get a good pick (Hawks' second round pick is the 35th pick for the moment). Mavs have now a usefull pick in the 2007 draft (they have traded their first round pick).

I guess that they will try to get a vet bigman. it won't be easy to get a quality one because nobody is availble on the market and I don't seea lot of bigs being waived.

The only negative is that it can hurt them if Terry or Harris are injured: Barrea isn't maybe nba ready but you can't have to do choices : either having vets as injury insurance or trying to work with some prospects.

[dallaskd]

he was always complaining about his playing time. im glad he can somewhere that he can play. i hope we can sign someone good as a replacement.

[RonMexico]

HAHA - I wish I had the energy to go find the comments from Mavs fans at the beginning of the year saying that Anthony Johnson was a "quality backup" and "could be starting on half the teams in the league."

Then again, I thought Marcus Banks could play better than he has....

[mavsfan1000]

HAHA - I wish I had the energy to go find the comments from Mavs fans at the beginning of the year saying that Anthony Johnson was a "quality backup" and "could be starting on half the teams in the league."

Then again, I thought Marcus Banks could play better than he has....

Probably because there wasn't a thread that said that. Anthony Johnson could've been a backup but Avery decided he liked Buckner and George more and he wanted Terry as a point guard more than a shooting guard.

[RonMexico]

Probably because there wasn't a thread that said that. Anthony Johnson could've been a backup but Avery decided he liked Buckner and George more and he wanted Terry as a point guard more than a shooting guard.

Oh, there definitely was... now, you've challenged me... dammit...

[ponky]

Oh, there definitely was... now, you've challenged me... dammit...

you're probably right but it's not like AJ2 ever got a chance to prove or disprove the mavs fans making those comments so it doesn't really matter

[RonMexico]

here's just a quick one - In response to me saying that Croshere and Johnson don't make the Mavs any better than they were last year:

Yes, they do. But I don't think they'll be able to beat the Mavs. Or the Spurs. And Johnson provides vet leadership and Croshere isn't nearly as basketball stupid as KVH. Not to mention George who knows what it's like to win, and Buckner who plays solid D. Along with the rapid upcoming of Harris and Howard. And Damp is actually playing like he deserves a few bucks of his inflated contract.


The Mavs know what it's like to get to the finals now. They also know what it's like to fail miserably in the finals as well. If they get back, it won't happen again...

weak example, but it's there for mavsfan1000 to see