[Charlie Brown]

Sorry fellow posters,

but this will be my last ridiculous trade proposal for awhile. i just like playing around with various trade proposals at work, so i can get the players i want for the mavs . . . and sometimes, it takes ridiculous trades to do so.

Here's the steps I would like the Mavericks to ideally take.

1) Sign Rashard Lewis

2) Sign Charles Oakley for veteran minimum

3) Then do the following trade:

Dallas trades: Nick Van Exel, Greg Buckner, Wang Zhi Zhi, Shawn Bradley, Avery Johnson
Dallas receives: Brent Barry, Kurt Thomas

Golden State trades: Danny Fortson, Adonal Foyle
Golden State receives: Wang Zhi Zhi, Avery Johnson, Shawn Bradley

New York trades: Kurt Thomas, Latrell Sprewell
New York receives: Nick Van Exel, Matt Harpring, Danny Fortson, Adonal Foyle, Calvin Booth

Philadelphia trades: Matt Harpring
Philadelphia receives: Greg Buckner

Seattle trades: Brent Barry, Calvin Booth
Seattle receives: Latrell Sprewell


Dallas Lineup

PG Steve Nash; Brent Barry
SG Michael Finley; Adrian Griffin
SF Rashard Lewis; Eduardo Najera; Mladen Sekularac
PF Dirk Nowitzki; Kurt Thomas; Charles Oakley
C Raef Lafrentz; Evan Eshmeyer

Injured Reserve: Tariq Abdul-Wahad


i know this is ridiculous and will never happen, but i still LOVE this lineup

if lewis does sign on, van exel becomes expendable, because i don't think he will like the decreased playing time and not being able to play in crunch time minutes. i think the mavs need an oversized backup pg who can also play the 2. brent barry fits that bill perfectly kinda like a john paxson was for the bulls. barry's a great passer and could be used in a BIG lineup at times like the one below.

PG Brent Barry
SG Rashard Lewis
SF Dirk Nowitzki
PF Kurt Thomas
C Raef Lafrentz

kurt thomas could also do a great job backing up both the 4 and the 5.

i know the trade is unrealistic, but does it make sense for each team involved?