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dalger · 01-17-2010, 12:42 PM

Trading Josh for Iguodala would certainly make us a better team and give us the shooting guard we need. There might not be a better one available, so the Mavs should definitely consider it.

The 76ers would most likely want us to take on one of their other big contracts. If so, Dalembert would make sense from our perspective. Josh/Gooden/Carroll for Iguodala/Dalembert would clearly be the best-case scenario and a no-brainer as we'd still have the DUST chip to use over the summer. However, I might even do a trade including Damp, e.g. Josh/Damp for Iguodala/Dalembert and a pick. The latter scenario isn't even close to being as good as the one without Damp, but I'm just a little hesitant to wait until the summer and hope for even better things to happen. Not to mention that we'd lose yet another year since we don't have a chance to win a championship this season as currently constructed.

With Damp and Josh's contracts, we need to get a shooting guard and a center, so a trade with Philadelphia would provide us with both. Sure, doing Josh for Iguodala straight up and trading Damp over the summer for someone like Kaman or Okafor might be even better, but what are the odds for that to happen?

01-17-2010, 12:42 PM	#58
dalger Golden Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 1,456	Trading Josh for Iguodala would certainly make us a better team and give us the shooting guard we need. There might not be a better one available, so the Mavs should definitely consider it. The 76ers would most likely want us to take on one of their other big contracts. If so, Dalembert would make sense from our perspective. Josh/Gooden/Carroll for Iguodala/Dalembert would clearly be the best-case scenario and a no-brainer as we'd still have the DUST chip to use over the summer. However, I might even do a trade including Damp, e.g. Josh/Damp for Iguodala/Dalembert and a pick. The latter scenario isn't even close to being as good as the one without Damp, but I'm just a little hesitant to wait until the summer and hope for even better things to happen. Not to mention that we'd lose yet another year since we don't have a chance to win a championship this season as currently constructed. With Damp and Josh's contracts, we need to get a shooting guard and a center, so a trade with Philadelphia would provide us with both. Sure, doing Josh for Iguodala straight up and trading Damp over the summer for someone like Kaman or Okafor might be even better, but what are the odds for that to happen? Last edited by dalger; 01-17-2010 at 03:21 PM.