[外電] What's in store for the Mavericks?

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The Mavericks will make a trade eventually in the wake of Caron Butler's
season-ending knee injury.

How can we be so sure?

Simple: The Mavs always make a trade.

Don't they?

Yet while sources with knowledge of the team's thinking say there is indeed
some sentiment within the organization to pursue Stephen Jackson -- who was
hoping to land with the Mavs last season when Golden State dealt him to
Charlotte instead -- one source told ESPNDallas.com that the smaller-scale
acquisition of a player who can fit into the Mavs' available $3 million trade
exception ranks as the more likely move for now.


But the immediate plan, as covered in this cyberspace Sunday, is giving the
players on the current roster some time to prove they can -- or can't --
cover for Butler. Pointing to the Boston Celtics and how they've consistently
weathered injuries without much dropoff since their championship season in
2007-08, Mavs owner Mark Cuban said: "That's more the model than anything
else."

Some evidence to illustrate Dallas' deliberate-for-now pace when it comes to
making changes: Word arrived Wednesday that the Mavs want to take their time
filling the roster spot vacated by Wednesday's release of little-used Steve
Novak as opposed to immediately signing a fill-in to a 10-day contract.

The Mavs, though, are indeed huddling to assess their trade options already,
so they're ready to pounce if Roddy Beaubois' worryingly slow recovery from a
broken foot continues to drag. Or if the regular-season load on Dirk Nowitzki
and Jason Kidd gets even heavier than it is now, when it's already pretty
daunting.

Team officials consider the Mavs' in-house harmony to be the best seen in
their locker room for years, but sources say that it's really not chemistry
concerns that would put them off the edgy Jackson. Not with Nowitzki and Kidd
-- veterans Jackson respects -- around to bond with him. And not with
Jackson's proven abilities to make 3s, play dogged D and perform in the
playoffs ... all of which would have sounded appealing even with Butler
healthy.


The pause with Jackson would be mostly financial, since Jackson turns 33 in
April and is only in the first year of a new three-year contract valued at
$28 million. Dallas would be discouraged further if Bobcats owner Michael
Jordan holds out for more than a mere Butler-for-Jackson salary dump.

The ex-Warrior wouldn’t be as pricy as going for Philadelphia's Andre
Iguodala -- who isn't as well-rounded offensively as Jackson and thus not
nearly as appealing from a fit standpoint -- but one source close to the
situation says Cuban would have to be sold that acquiring Jackson is an “
over the top” move.

Even in a West far more wide open than anticipated, Dallas isn't quite sure.

Houston's Kevin Martin remains a fantasy target -- coveted by the Mavs since
last winter -- but the Rockets have made it clear that trading Martin is not
in their plans ... and that trading him to an in-state rival probably never
will be.

As Cuban noted in his Tuesday night session with reporters, speaking
generally about players he'd want to go for: "The other side has to want to
make the trade."

Memphis' O.J. Mayo, although he's not a small forward, is an interesting name
and presumably not untouchable given all the troubles Mayo is having in
Memphis. Sacramento's Omri Casspi -- whose modest $1.3 million salary more
than fits into the $4.3 million and $3 million trade exceptions Dallas has
available through July 13 -- is a small forward and is another name known to
intrigue the Mavs.

The price for either, however, would be high. The Grizzlies are expected to
ask for a lot in return for Mayo, no matter how mad they are about his role
in this week's fight with teammate Tony Allen on the team plane, largely
because they gave up Kevin Love to get him in the 2008 draft. Casspi,
meanwhile, has several teams chasing him, but sources say Sacramento wants a
point guard or another need-filler in return for the Israeli, who is
treasured by Kings co-owners Joe and Gavin Maloof. It remains to be seen
whether the Kings will eventually be willing to work with a team offering,
say, a future first-round pick and a willingness to take on Francisco
Garcia's or Beno Udrih's contract.

But Dallas apparently has begun scouring league rosters for potential trade
targets in the $3 million-or-less category who, thanks to their trade
exceptions, could be acquired for as a little as a future second-round pick
if another team out there is simply looking to get off some money.

The Mavs, meanwhile, also continue to cling to hope that a big second-half
comeback looms for the dynamic-in-theory Roddy Beaubois, who has the
unquestioned ability to provide scoring on the weakside opposite Nowitzki in
ways no one else the roster (including Butler) can ... but who still hasn't
practiced once since October's re-aggravation of the foot he broke in August.

Will Beaubois be the closest thing to a marquee in-season addition we see
from the Mavs? You never want to assume anything with Mark Cuban's operation,
but that is the vibe emanating from Mavsland as we speak, with the trade
deadline still 50 days away.

"Other than the Spurs," Cuban said Tuesday night, "it's not like the other
teams aren't having their issues, too."

Translation: Cuban wants to see how the deepest team Dallas believes it has
assembled in years can cope with a season-ending injury before deciding it's
fatal to their title chances.

"We're a much better team with Caron, obviously, but we're still a better
team than we were last year even without Caron," Cuban said.




小牛可能會詢問Stephen Jackson

Jackson去年曾表示想要來小牛

不過Jackson將33歲

且合約還有三年

如果小牛沒辦法用Butler換到Jackson小牛可能就會放棄

另外小牛可能對Mayo也有興趣

Kevin Martin部份

火箭表示不打算交易他(另外篇外電)

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推 kccc418     :Stephen Jackson的位置是後衛  我們比較缺小前吧
→ kccc418     :不過官網資料他比Butler 就是了...
→ kccc418     :                      ^高
→ popstarkirby:滿希望小牛不要繼續堆老將..@@
→ popstarkirby:小牛應該換換看Mayo，就算要付出Beaubois也沒差
→ popstarkirby:個人是認為Beaubois沒有球隊想像的那麼好
推 kccc418     :Beaubois去年也才第一年還好吧，而且球隊想把他培養
→ kccc418     :成接班的控衛  Mayo看起來不像是控衛的料
用回文的不然又會破15行@@

目前球隊傳出的交易只要有關Beaubois的小牛幾乎是不想放

我是覺得他沒有小牛想像中那麼好

小牛不久後會面臨交接的問題

由球隊可看出小牛目前是沒有25~28的人可以接Dirk的位置

如果付出Beaubois就換到

用潛力換到明星或即戰力一定是賺

球隊把球隊希望放在一個潛力二年級身上

負擔恐怕太重了

※ 編輯: popstarkirby    來自: 59.126.65.17         (01/07 06:45)
推 lugla2002   :mayo會打架@@"
推 LKN555      :我想只要禁止mayo賭博就不會有這問題吧~更何況會打架
→ LKN555      :不一定是單方面的問題吧XDD
推 sqark912    :個人也覺得波霸沒有想像中的那麼好
推 conner0128  :小馬丁不太可能 其他兩個有機會 波霸可以丟+1
推 tatata      :除非換到Melo 不然只換到Mayo就丟波霸不太值
推 familycut   :相妹本來就能打先發三號 現在球隊比較欠後衛吧
推 dmdjjj      :本來就沒有想像那麼好，上場時間那麼一點點，根本看
→ dmdjjj      :不出有啥問題，不懂幹嘛把一個後段順位的看成跟樂透
→ dmdjjj      :順位一樣。
推 familycut   :Mayo換波霸賺到翻掉吧
推 dmdjjj      :現在能拿任何一個先發等級的去換Beaubois都是賺...
→ dmdjjj      :更正，是能拿Beaubois去換任何一個先發等級都賺
推 SKnight     :Stephen Jackson就是小前啊...只是因為搖擺人的身份
→ SKnight     :所以有時候在先發名單上被列在G的部份...
→ SKnight     :他以前在勇士那陣子  因為小球陣容  甚至還頂到大前
→ SKnight     :他如果來小牛  基本上跟Bulter一樣  類似SF冒充SG XD
→ SKnight     :其實小牛SF有Marion就好了  比較需要得分穩定的SG
推 joysanchis  :我也覺得能換到MAYO很值得 放掉波霸也沒關係!