[EricaLubarsky]

In our case, it doesnt matter much how we get him. There are only really three options that I see

A) We trade for him, mortgage our other assets to make cap room and take a shot at D-Will. If we land him then we have Dirk, Howard and Williams with no cap space to fill the other 9 roster spots. If D-Will doesn't sign, then we may have Howard walk away and we are left in rebuilding mode with nothing to build with other than cap room.

B) We trade away Haywood or Marion, waive the other and renounce everyone else to sign both guys this summer. We either sign both or we miss out on both. If we sign them, we have Dirk, Howard and D-Will and no cap room but we still have our draft picks. If we miss out, then we have Dirk, picks and a lot of cap room but also a lot of roster spots to fill. It may be a rebuild but a rebuild with a few more resources. We may be able to re-sign Terry, Mahinmi and others in free-agency.

C) We fail to make a trade for either one and also don't clear the cap space for both to have near-max salaries. We stay with the team and look for a PG and some other scraps next year.

In any case, we cannot take back Hedo. If we take Hedo, we have no chance at making a run at D-Will in free-agency with Hedo on our books and if we can't make a run at D-Will, why would Howard want to stay in Dallas? Dirk, Hedo and Howard do not a complete roster make.

If we want either of them, we are going to have to either dump or trade our entire roster outside Dirk to do so. The only net difference between trading for one and dumping everything to sign them both is that a trade will also cost us our future picks as well. Both are risky moves, both will cost us the entire roster. Trading just costs us more as long as we still have the space to pick up D-Williams.