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FilthyFinMavs · 07-23-2003, 10:36 PM

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Originally posted by: Dooby

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Dallas trades

Reaf LaFrentz

Orlando Trades

Juwan Howard
Andrew Declerq or Gorden Giricek (i'd take Giricek)

He could play center in the east, and they need one badly.

Did they not just sign Juwan? I don't think its possible for you to trade a player you just signed in that same off season or year for that matter. Can anyone clear this up? BTW, that trade is horrible. Do the salaries even match? Gircek I believe is on his rookie contract and Howard took the exception?

I'm not going to bother stating that a team can't trade a newly signed free agent or draft pick until December 15th, because the whole notion that a team would sign a player and trade him the next week is so fucking stupid, that anyone that suggests it ought to be banned on principle.

Lol I assumed that you couldn't trade a guy you just sign. Not only does it not make sense but how easy would it be to just sign a guy for a year and use him as trade bait so a team can lose some of that pay roll? To easy.