God, you are a joke.
Dallas had ZERO center at beginning of the FA. There were several teams with capspace at the moment they signed Haywood.
Was 8.3/5 years a bad contract for an above average center? no (Amir Johnson, Drew Gooden, C. Frye, John Salmons, Travis Outlaw etc).
Did they know at this moment they are getting Chandler? No way. Chandler was basically allready traded to Toronto later and Jordan cancelled the deal last minute to deal with Dallas.
Did they know Chandler will be again THAT awesome? Not for sure.
Did they know Haywood would play like ass from the bench? No.
Again, was the contract an error or "overpaying" at the moment they did it? No way.
So maybe just stop trying to rip Dallas for the Haywood signing.
How am I a joke? I'm just laying out facts for you.
The Mavs signed an average center for too many years and too much guaranteed money. The Chandler thing fell into their lap and they rented that player. Next year they will need to sign Chandler to more money than they paid Haywood. What may have been decent signing became a bad signing two weeks after it happened. They can't (as far as I can tell) put the two players out there at the same time.
It's tough to trade a player like Haywood with four years of guaranteed money if he is proving to be a middle of the road player.
Cuban can afford to pay the luxury tax, but even a guy like him cringes when he gets little production out of a very recent and sizable investment. The Spurs cannot make that kind of deal given their financial situation.
Speaking of bad deals, $10MM and $11MM for Jason Terry the next two years is starting to look a little pricey. That's a lot of bread for a one dimensional jump shooter who's running hot and cold right now.
I will throw a complement to the Mavericks for resigning Dirk to an appropriate contract. That was a good job.
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