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Big trade For Dallas Mavericks seen as unlikely
10:06 PM CST on Monday, February 16, 2009
By EDDIE SEFKO / The Dallas Morning News
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The Dallas Mavericks and other teams in the NBA are in the process of separating fact from fiction as trade talk gets serious with the deadline approaching.
The question is whether any of the names filtering about make sense for them.
New Jersey's Vince Carter, Phoenix's Shaquille O'Neal and Minnesota's Mike Miller may sound delicious, but any chance of the Mavericks dealing for them is remote.
More likely, according to a pair of NBA sources, is that the Mavericks would pull off a smaller deal for a player who would be solidly in their playing rotation.
The teams that seem to be on everybody's speed dial are Oklahoma City and Portland.
Oklahoma City has several players who own expiring contracts, and the team's financial situation is such that it may be willing to take on some salary in return for players such as Chris Wilcox, Joe Smith and Earl Watson, a point guard believed to be on the Mavericks' watch list.
Portland, meanwhile, has the $12 million expiring contract of Raef LaFrentz to use as bait, and the Blazers believe they are only a key player away from being championship worthy as the nucleus of Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge, Jerryd Bayless and Greg Oden continues to grow.
The Mavericks have one key asset to dangle – Jerry Stackhouse and his $7 million contract, which is guaranteed for only $2 million next season. Like other teams, they will probably weigh their options as long as possible before Thursday's 2 p.m. deadline.
As far as the marquee names go, one of the sources said Carter may have a decent shot of ending up in San Antonio or Chicago, although staying in New Jersey seems more likely.
Similarly, Miller seems destined to remain in Minnesota, and O'Neal, along with Amare Stoudemire, may be off the block with the coaching change Monday in Phoenix. Terry Porter was fired, and Alvin Gentry, who worked with Mike D'Antoni in the uptempo style for years, was promoted.
Sacramento is offering nearly everybody on its team with the exception of Kevin Martin – with John Salmons or Francisco Garcia the players that would most likely appeal to the Mavericks.
One player unlikely to move is Bobby Jackson, who is in the final year of his contract worth $6 million and is a face of the franchise in Sacramento.
Chicago has several players who could be moved, including shooter Ben Gordon and point guard Kirk Hinrich, if a team is willing to take on his hefty contract.
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Good.
first round exits are the best!
At least get Stackhouse or Terry to punch Fisher in the balls for us.
No trade out there could give us anything more than a playoff series win honestly, IMO atleast.first round exits are the best!
So 1st round exit, 2nd round exit, sometimes I think it'd be nice to experience 10-12 Mavs playoff games than 5-6. But meh.
Especially since it appears our ceiling is 4th seed, meaning 2nd round L to Lakers.
I just find it funny you mock the 'we love our team' mantra, when the last time they said this, they made the Kidd trade, which you seem to have liked, and it turns out we probably should've made a better deal
It's amazing how bad the Mavs scouts have gotten.
San Antonio has managed to get solid role players who actually contribute over the years, either through free agency or the draft. George Hill, Roger Mason, Matt Bonner, and on and on and on.
Meanwhile Dallas has gotten crap like Nick Fazekas, Devean George, Trenton Hassell, and Greg Buckner.
Other than Brandon Bass, what great role player has Donnie Nelson acquired?
Oh there's plenty of trades out there that will put us right there with San Antonio and Los Angeles. The Mavs front office just loves their team too much to do them.
SA scouts? please. Matt Bonner? Roger Mason? You're just listing names, not good players.
The only thing SA has ever done is tank a season and luck its way into a #1 draft pick
Lakers, now theres a front office you can applaud. 4 years removed from Shaq they've built a team set for now and the future, with brilliant trades for Ariza and Gasol, drafting of Bynum and Farmar, etc.
The mistake wasn't trading for Kidd, the mistake was putting all their trust in Avery when they were just going to fire him 3 months later.I just find it funny you mock the 'we love our team' mantra, when the last time they said this, they made the Kidd trade, which you seem to have liked, and it turns out we probably should've made a better deal
LMAO Roger Mason is exactly the player the Mavs needed this offseason, and they let him go to the Spurs while they threw all their cash at Diop.
It's as bad being a Mavs fan these days as it is a Suns fan.
Difference is, the Mavericks refuse to make a single move, while the Suns just trade away all their solid role players.
Maybe San Antonio, since they have a fluke record and should probably have 2-3 more losses if not for bull shots. Thus, they've only played 2 games better than us.
The Lakers on the other hand. 11 games better than us, that's a pretty convincing gap. A value for value trade doesn't slice into that gap, a Gasol like trade would, and Gasol trades dont grow on trees.
Anywho, the only name appealing to me is Shaq. VC? Salmons? Miller? Davis? yeahhh thats not gonna make our beloved Mavs elite.
Its da same story every time we've played the Lakers since Gasol trade. We tease our beloved fanbase into thinking we're on their level, then they shift to another gear we cant match and eat our leads up.
No trade would change the fact that our best player is Dirk, and their best player is Kobe... PLUS they have superior coaching, superior depth, superior 2nd fiddle (Gasol). etc.
Anywho, I hope we get a trade done, but if not "we'll go to war with what we GOT" as Dirk said (1st round exit).
wow i guess you haven't seen spurs game this yearSA scouts? please. Matt Bonner? Roger Mason? You're just listing names, not good players.
The only thing SA has ever done is tank a season and luck its way into a #1 draft pick
Lakers, now theres a front office you can applaud. 4 years removed from Shaq they've built a team set for now and the future, with brilliant trades for Ariza and Gasol, drafting of Bynum and Farmar, etc.
If the deadline passes and we do nothing then I'm changing my team affiliation for good. Actually, I probably won't watch NBA anymore
And to think, not even 2 years ago, Suns fans & Mavs fans despised each other because each of us thought the other team was the only roadblock to a championship (besides the Spurs). Now we're united in misery and the only people we despise are the owners of our teams.
It's true. One of my greatest pleasures as an NBA fan was watching the Warriors beat the Mavs in the 1st round, and now I'd rather see your team in the Finals than any team other than the Suns.
I used to think stretch was an epic , but now I don't mind him so much.
Cuban shouldn't be compared to Sarver.
Yeah, I used to hate Dallas and PHX. Now, I feel bad for them not winning a le.
Let's hope these Lakers don't face the same fate and get that "Close, but no cookie" badge.
They're both morons who don't know how to run a team, they've got that in common.
They're both intrusive, distracting presences during games.
yeah, sure, it would really suck if the ing Lakers didn't win a le.
It's not my fault the team I root for are the Yankees of bball. Plus, I know what it's like as a fan to see your team close to getting a le but falling just short for a couple years before age kicks in.
that just reflects how urgent our team is for a good center. our squad is good enough to bring us a ticket to the playoffs, but it can hardly survive in the post season where the games are much tougher and more physical. Dampier/Howard for O'Neal looks pretty attractive to suns as long as they have already returned to D'Antoni's systerm.
monosylab more like whininglab1k
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