trade talk

God, I hope not! That would mean we’d have to change the banner image of our site!

Hmm… maybe I could survive the tragedy. In the meantime, let’s discuss why you’re wrong and I’m right. You’re wrong because you think the Kobe trade will NEVER happen. I’m right because I’ve always thought it’s very possible, and that the end result will depend on something relatively small.

Let’s take a look at MVN’s Showboating blog. According to Matt Carter, it could be a done deal on the Lakers’ side and merely an issue of getting Dallas to comply.

There is a lot of speculation that James Posey, PJ Brown, and Chris Webber are all possible candidates to be role players for the Dallas Mavericks. Although I don’t agree with the thought process, as a Mavericks fan, there is nothing else to do except hope for the best.

It’s obvious the Mavs are ripping a couple of pages out of the Spurs, Lakers , and Heat off season strategy – surround the core with some experienced playoff-proven players and hope they gel as a team. I still believe the way to go is to get a big two guard who can get 12-16 points a game, a couple of steals and boards, and make some hustle plays.

It’s a question worth asking. While Randy Galloway obviously won’t get his preferred player in the “thugged out” Zach Randolph, it seems the rumor mill puts the Mavs in reach of only two players: Chris Webber and Steve Francis.

As mentioned previously, both players would probably be a huge mistake for this Maverick team. We’ve maintained a certain teamwork mentality that these “superstars” certainly wouldn’t recognize.

Webber would be the lesser of two evils. Of the two players, he is likely to be the more impressionable, and consequently might have some teamwork attitude rub off on him.

In a word: absolutely. There’s no way you can have a better combination punch than Devin Harris, Dirk Nowitzki, and Kevin Garnett. Trade anyone else you can or must to make it happen. I’d like to keep Diop around, because he hustled so much during the playoffs. He has the speed to keep up with the younger forwards and centers.

Imagine that – Devin, Stackhouse, Dirk, Garnett, and Diop. I’ll take that any day of the week. We’re not against any of the other Mavs here, so don’t get the wrong idea. But I do place a premium on results and superstar status. Let’s get the Mavs’ fans something to get excited about!