Murph and MFFL make great points about our current backcourt (Nash, Nick, Fin). You just can't keep those three guys together when none of them is above average defensively. I think we keep Fin for a multitude of reasons over Nick, but from a sheerly pragmatic point of view, you trade players when their value is the highest, and Nick's value has never been higher as a Mav. Three months ago, the Pacers wouldn't have considered taking Nick for Artest. Now, they will, because they need a point guard badly. Also, Artest and O'Neal aren't best of buddies, and Indy wants to keep Jermaine happy.
Can't agree that Artest would be a cancer. He's not going to change the core guys and how they behave.
I'd love to deal Raef, but you're gonna have real trouble doing it with his salary. The Brand/Miller for NVE/LaFrentz proposal is laughable. It would take more than NVE and LaFrentz to get Brand, I imagine.
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