Trade! Wizards get Josh Howard, Mavericks get Caron Butler in 7-player deal

Glad the Wiz made the move. Jamison is next.

Good trade for the mavs

Butler > Howard...

Great trade for the Mavs:applause:

Washington is retarded. That is the best they can do? They literally got nothing for Butler and Haywood. Nothing. Only benefit was getting rid of Stevenson.....WOOOOOW.....good job Grunfeld. They barely save any luxury tax money. They still didn't get under the threshold right?

I'm sure you'll get a better player than Butler with that mega cap space you'll have next year. Good for yoooooooooooou.


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The Mavs are legit contenders. No doubt about it.

[QUOTE=phoenix18]Are we really trying to give Dallas the title?[/QUOTE]

I'd much rather have them win than the Lakers. Spurs/Mavs/Nugs can really compete for the west now.

[QUOTE=bagelred]Washington is retarded. That is the best they can do? They literally got nothing for Butler and Haywood. Nothing. Only benefit was getting rid of Stevenson.....WOOOOOW.....good job Grunfeld. They barely save any luxury tax money. They still didn't get under the threshold right?

I'm sure you'll get a better player than Butler with that mega cap space you'll have next year. Good for yoooooooooooou.


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Some teams know when it is time to rebuild.
Getting rid of Haywood gives more mins to McGee, Blatche.
They have Josh now, He will most likely expire...(po)

this makes the spurs better against the mavs. howard always went off against us.

I don't think this trade will help make them a better them than LA; but they could challenge Denver for the #2 seed in the West

[QUOTE=spursdynasty420]this makes the spurs better against the mavs. [/QUOTE]


Yeah dude, keep thinking that one.

If the Mavs get Haywood they are gonna be waaaaay better. They might even be able to test the Lakers. Overall, they got WAY better. Scary better.

Edit: Wow... first big trade of the year! I feel like Dick Vitale... all hype. Anyone who doesn't think this puts Dallas into instant contention is trippin'. BUTLER is a STUD, Haywood is one of the better centers in the league... even DeShawn is a great bench player.

ARE YOU SEEEERIOUS? ARE YOU SEEERIOUS? lol. No but, it's on. And I don't even like the Mavs.

-Smak

[QUOTE=ILLsmak]If the Mavs get Haywood they are gonna be waaaaay better. They might even be able to test the Lakers. Overall, they got WAY better. Scary better.

Edit: Wow... first big trade of the year! I feel like Dick Vitale... all hype. Anyone who doesn't think this puts Dallas into instant contention is trippin'. BUTLER is a STUD, Haywood is one of the better centers in the league... [B]even DeShawn is a great bench player.[/B]

ARE YOU SEEEERIOUS? ARE YOU SEEERIOUS? lol. No but, it's on. And I don't even like the Mavs.

-Smak[/QUOTE]

interessssttttttinggggggggggggg..........................

lol, not this year. But back when Washington was doing alright he was an impact player. Chex the stats if you don't believe me. People really screwed him for that LeBron fiasco, though.

-Smak

Is Randy Foye doing good for the wizards? I thought they were foolish when they traded their pick for Foye;

I'm still thinking about this trade. Dirk has never had a center like Haywood to play with. I'd even say that he never had a player like Butler to play with, either. Howard was 'good' for awhile, but anyone who thinks Butler isn't an upgrade is craaaazy.

Look at it like this: here are the players they have that are legit impact players: Haywood, Dirk, Marion, Butler, Terry, Kidd... then they have DeShawn who will be an X factor off the bench, I predict. People can waste away on losing teams, but everything changes when they jump to a contender. They still have Damp's big ass to bring off the bench, and their back-up point guard (whichever they choose to use) is a matchup nightmare and sparkplug.

Can anyone tell me why they believe this team isn't a real contender now?

-Smak