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As to Finley, I think his salary is going to be a crippling cost to the Mavs over the next four years. I'd make almost any move to get him off the roster. I think Howard and Daniels will both be far better players by the end of this year, let alone four years down the road. If you really need a three-point specialist, then bring one in. The cost would be negligible compared to Finley's salary.
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We won't get any real savings from trading Fin for at least 3 years. So you're only talking about saving 2 years of his salary while making the team much worse for 2 years in the process. Still even when we get savings we won't be under the salary cap anytime before Fin's contract would expire. All this move would do is reduce Cuban's expenses somewhat. However if it cost the Mavs a shot at a championship, then Cubes could come out on the short end of things still because of less revenues for an also ran versus a champion. So this is a gamble. I'll prefer to take the finacial gamble that gives us the best talent.