Goodbye 2010 Pipedream, Hello 2009-2010

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Just wanted to throw this out there and get some thoughts:

Dallas sends/Philly Receives:
Matt Carroll
Jerry Stackhouse
Erick Dampier

Philly sends/Dallas Receives:
Louis Williams
Samuel Dalembert
Elton Brand
#1 Pick

This is nothing more than a salary purging on the 76ers side and fits in with Cuban's edict of increasing payroll only if it means acquiring an all star. Dallas sends $30M worth of contracts in guarantees and Philly sends back $113M. Philly saves $83M over the lifetime of the contracts they are purging. Philly does this deal to get out of Brand's contract and make a prominent run in the 2010 campaign to pair a stud next to AI.

$83M also costs the 76ers a pick. For grins, let's just assume its a 2010-2011 pick.

Goodbye to the 2010 pipedream for Dallas that never was and goes for it now over the next 2 seasons while Dirk has some window left. Sign Odom for the MLE at 4 yrs. Resign Bass/Kidd/Hollins.

Dallas immediately gets big and athletic across some key spots.

Kidd/Barea/Booby
Howard/Terry/Williams
Odom/Wright/George
Nowitzki/Bass/Nivins
Brand/Dalembert/Hollins

You now have length and size across your starting 5 and can play a variety of styles.