Here's my Plan A. It takes three trades:
1) Jason Terry and Jerry Stackhouse ($3 million if necessary) for John Salmons and Kirk Hinrich. This is the key deal. Dallas can now afford to sign and trade Jason Kidd and fills that irksome hole at the shooting guard. Chicago saves a bunch of cap money and now has a combo guard for insurance if it chooses not to resign Gordon or he goes somewhere else.
2) Sign and trade Jason Kidd to Portland for Sergio Rodriguez, sign and trade Channing Frye and either Martell Webster or Travis Outlaw. Include the No. 22 pick if necessary. Portland gets the experienced point guard it needs to compete at the highest level, and gives up its No. 3 point guard, No. 3 small forward, and Frye, who is a free agent and who had almost fallen out of the rotation. Dallas gets the depth it needs.
3) Erick Dampier, Matt Carroll and sign and trade Brandon Bass for Shaquille O'Neal. Phoenix gets a power forward to play as Amare moves back to center to play its fast pace. Dampier is available to play against big centers when necessary. Carroll has a declining contract (lower each year), so Phoenix improves its salary cap situation.
Dallas:
Shaq/Hollins
Dirk/Frye/Singleton
Howard/Outlaw or Webster
Salmons/Wright
Hinrich/Rodriguez/Barea
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