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Originally Posted by sefant77
Oh the good old Dampier trashing.
First of all, his contract wasnt so bad. It wasnt 7/73m, it was a 6/60m contract in guaranteed money and that was pretty reasonable and normal overpaying for bigs back then. Cuban also created with this contract the first non-guaranteed trade chip.
Also, in 2004 the Mavs were looking at prime Duncan and prime Shaq in the west and the Pistons around Ben Wallace in the east. They had to go back. Dampier was solid overall. Solid rebounder, really good in setting picks, just his hands were pretty bad. But he never disappeared
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+rep. It always irked me when people trot out Dampier as an example of a player who just took his paycheck then quit trying. His numbers in Dallas were perfectly consistent with his career numbers and his ability. The last year in Golden State, his numbers were inflated because he was actually one of the best players on a truly awful team. He did his job in Dallas just fine.