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Originally Posted by aexchange
Just wanted to throw this out there and get some thoughts:
Dallas sends/Philly Receives:
Matt Carroll
Jerry Stackhouse
Erick Dampier
Philly sends/Dallas Receives:
Louis Williams
Samuel Dalembert
Elton Brand
#1 Pick
This is nothing more than a salary purging on the 76ers side and fits in with Cuban's edict of increasing payroll only if it means acquiring an all star. Dallas sends $30M worth of contracts in guarantees and Philly sends back $113M. Philly saves $83M over the lifetime of the contracts they are purging. Philly does this deal to get out of Brand's contract and make a prominent run in the 2010 campaign to pair a stud next to AI.
$83M also costs the 76ers a pick. For grins, let's just assume its a 2010-2011 pick.
Goodbye to the 2010 pipedream for Dallas that never was and goes for it now over the next 2 seasons while Dirk has some window left. Sign Odom for the MLE at 4 yrs. Resign Bass/Kidd/Hollins.
Dallas immediately gets big and athletic across some key spots.
Kidd/Barea/Booby
Howard/Terry/Williams
Odom/Wright/George
Nowitzki/Bass/Nivins
Brand/Dalembert/Hollins
You now have length and size across your starting 5 and can play a variety of styles.
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Unfortunately, Philly's not in sell mode. With new coach and Ed Stefanski in charge, they will be buyers. They won't move Williams nor the 1st rounder for that package. New uniforms, new coach, this team is in win mode.