Mavs Free Agency Rumors: Hassan Whiteside (NOPE)

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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

Good stuff; all correct; and all very interesting.

On the other hand, it wasn't just that they gave Damp 6/60, but that 6/60 is almost exactly what PHX gave Nash and that Dallas refused to pay. So it's also the decision to pick Damp over Nash that affects some views of that.