[外電] Mavs 'looking hard' at trade options

[Paraguay (巴拉圭)]

Source: http://0rz.tw/dBdJB

Mavs 'looking hard' at trade options

By Marc Stein / Jan 29 10:44 AM  CT


The Mavericks continue to evaluate their options in advance of the Feb. 18
trade deadline and continue to be regarded as one of the few “buyers” out
there.

Which is another way of saying that Dallas is seen by other teams around the
league as one of the few potential trade partners willing to take on some
significant salary before the buzzer sounds.

Said one source with knowledge of the Mavs’ thinking: “They are looking
hard.”

But they are also still strongly weighing whether it’s smarter to keep Josh
Howard past the trading deadline. That would preserve the option to package
Howard (who becomes an $11.8 million expiring contract for 2010-11 once his
team option is picked up) with Erick Dampier (whose $13.1 million salary next
season is fully unguaranteed) as a combo-pack of assets for an offseason
trade splash.

The comments from Mavs owner Mark Cuban last weekend in New York seemed to
indicate that hanging onto Howard -- even if it’s just for the long-shot
possibility that Dallas could emerge as a sign-and-trade destination for one
of this summer’s marquee free agents -- holds great appeal.

"You know, every team wants to get better,” Cuban told reporters Sunday. “
And you look at the best guys in the league and you say, 'What gives me an
opportunity to add them to my team?' Some people want cap room, some people
think sign-and-trade. So it just depends. We'll see. You just never know. You
never know.”

I took that as not-so-veiled backing of what we wrote back in November, when
the Mavs were listed as No. 5 on a list of five teams most capable of landing
LeBron for next season. Even if the odds of a sign-and-trade for someone from
the LeBron/Chris Bosh stratosphere in July are small, Dallas will be
undeniably tempted to preserve every possibility for a miracle, especially
when you can legitimately question whether anyone it can acquire during the
next three weeks can really close the gap between the Mavs and the mighty
Lakers.

Dallas’ interest in Sacramento’s Kevin Martin was last week’s big trade
topic, but the Kings keep saying that Martin is not available. And while
Washington’s Caron Butler and Philadelphia’s Andre Iguodala are most
certainly available, one plugged-in source insisted this week that the Mavs
have real reservations about trading Howard for Butler and are hesitant
regarding Iguodala as well largely because of the four years and $56 million
left on the Philly swingman’s contract after this season.

The Mavs, remember, were reluctant back in November to take on the contract
of Stephen Jackson, who wanted so badly to come to Dallas before Golden State
traded him to Charlotte . . . and who would have been half as expensive as
Iguodala.

The impact Jackson has had with the Bobcats actually leads you to wonder how
much the Mavs now regret their refusal to gamble on Jackson, but recalling
the reasons behind that reluctance helps explain why I’ve been advised more
than once this week that Iguodala – as it stands with three weeks to go
before the deadline – appears unlikely to be Dallas-bound.

Is there time for that stance to change?

Another pertinent question: Would Iguodala’s all-around game as a perimeter
sidekick to Dirk Nowitzki – infused with the sort of defensive prowess
Dallas has historically lacked -- move the Mavs close enough to the Lakers’
 zip code to justify the expense? Some NBA personnel experts would say yes,
but more would say no.

Which might only give Cuban more encouragement to hang onto to both of his
biggest chips at this trading deadline and save his assets for the summer,
knowing that any substantial deadline move would almost certainly require the
inclusion of Howard.

"We always try to position ourselves to be opportunistic and we think we've
got some scenarios that we can be that way," Cuban said Sunday. "So we'll
see."

這篇大意談到近期小牛很積極的想在交易日截止前再招攬一些好手助陣。

小牛的籌碼不外呼是 Howard(11.8M) 和 Dampier(13.1M) 是最有可能被
交易出去的兩人。

小牛在去年曾經想引進勇士隊的Stephen Jackson，不過後來大家都知道
Jackson被交易到了夏絡特山貓。

目前小牛有傳出想引進的對象有：國王隊的Kevin Martin，不過後來傳出
國王暫時不交易Martin，所以目前最有可能的交易就是巫師隊的 Caron
Butler、或者是七六人隊的Andre Iguodala。

小牛老闆 Mark Cuban 表示對於球隊未來他還是很樂觀的。接下來的發展
，就讓大家期待一下吧。



--
 ██◣ ═╮      ╭ ◢█◣╮    ╭═══╮    theanswer3    ╭◢█ ◣◤ξξξ◥
 ███◢ ╰═══╯ █▌█╰══╯◢█◣╰═════════╯█▌ █ξξξξξ
║█▌ ██◣ ◢█◣ █▌█ ◢█◣ ◥◣◥ ◢◢◣◣ ◢█◣ ◢◢◣ ◢ ◤         
║█▌ █▌█ █◢◤ ███ █▌█ ◣◥◣ ████ █◢◤ █◤   ◥ ◣◣ζξζ◢
║█▌ ◥▌◤ ◥█◤ █◤█ ◥▌◤ ◥█◤ ◥◤◥◤ ◥█◤ █   █▌ █ ＜ ３ ＞
╰◤ ═════════════════════════════◥█ ◤   ▂▂

--
※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) 
◆ From: 58.114.87.156
推 neptune317  :好消息是AI回七六人後,小AI越打越差
推 Chenwitzki  :希望Howard能留下 找回明星身手
推 nashno1     :洨馬丁雖不穩今天還是轟下30幾分
推 IMTOY       :換誰來好?或者是換走誰好...已經不知道怎樣最好了...
推 kracker     :除了老大跟老妖基都可以賣嗎？
→ popstarkirby:除了Dirk外
推 IMTOY       :小牛除了司機以外 應該都不會是甚麼保障名額~
→ IMTOY       :不過以現況而言 最具有交易價值的球員是J豪 蛋皮則是
→ IMTOY       :小牛有機會交易掉就會選擇交易的球員~
→ IMTOY       :不過對於小牛現況 KIDD也算非賣品吧 沒PG囉~~
→ popstarkirby:交易一個位置自然會找其他取代或是補同一位置
→ popstarkirby:如果交易Dampier或Gooden也是同樣道理
→ popstarkirby:小牛當年沒續約Nash不就另外交易Terry過來
→ popstarkirby:交易掉Harris(PG)不就是換Kidd(PG)
推 kiddgogogo  :換來小AI或Butler後場就不會再爆了
推 IMTOY       :如果MATRIX不好用的話...大家不仿考慮交易掉他...
→ IMTOY       :其實SF也算是後場的一環...MATRIX來 不就是為了防守?
→ IMTOY       :既然不對人 就換對的位置吧...小豪動到真的太可惜...
→ popstarkirby:哪篇文說到Marion來是為了防守= =...當初原本以為
→ popstarkirby:他搭上好PG會回到以前身手...結果完全不如預期