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Pirate · 06-09-2005, 02:06 AM

Cuban-etc has said in the past the Mavs will not accept Patterson on the Mavs, ever. His off the court baggage is too large for them to brush aside.

Ratliff might be intriguing for Dallas, but you would have to find a way to send them a similar amount of long term salary in some way to satisfy Cuban's approach. Would both teams be open to Finley-Bradley for Ratliff-Miles-cash, perhaps? That gets two "veteran good guys" to a Portland team that desperately needs an infusion of character. (Mavs take back 9M more than they send away in that swap, justifying the cash.) Mavs then have wriggled out from under the Finley and Bradley contracts and gotten the needed backup center to pair with Dampier, as well as another usable swing man who is much younger than Finley, to toss into the mix.

06-09-2005, 02:06 AM	#16
Pirate Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 528	RE: Another Dallas/Portland Trade Cuban-etc has said in the past the Mavs will not accept Patterson on the Mavs, ever. His off the court baggage is too large for them to brush aside. Ratliff might be intriguing for Dallas, but you would have to find a way to send them a similar amount of long term salary in some way to satisfy Cuban's approach. Would both teams be open to Finley-Bradley for Ratliff-Miles-cash, perhaps? That gets two "veteran good guys" to a Portland team that desperately needs an infusion of character. (Mavs take back 9M more than they send away in that swap, justifying the cash.) Mavs then have wriggled out from under the Finley and Bradley contracts and gotten the needed backup center to pair with Dampier, as well as another usable swing man who is much younger than Finley, to toss into the mix.