DJ, I actually talked to one of the Philly writers through e-mail about why Vernon Maxwell was released. It was because Snow had just been injured, and they needed someone to back up Mckie at the point, so they signed Kevin Ollie and released Maxwell.

I think the signing of Maxwell is a tremendous one. Down the stretch he will be a great influence on guys like Finley and Dirk, who have have never been in a playoff-type atmosphere before. Plus, Mad Max gives up depth at the 2, which we lost when we traded Davis and Alexander.

It looks like Mark Cuban has done it again. Great move IMO.