Four-team trade sending Hedo Turkoglu to Raptors and Shawn Marion to Mavericks done

[Human Error]

How does this help the Mavericks? I dont see a defender on that starting line-up?

Josh Howard are Shawn Marion are both good defenders.

[IamSofaKing]

Hoping Jawai can get some game time in dallas, kid has potential, he is sort of like brandon bass....bit bigger with a little bit of a worse jumper, not a bad one for his size though.

He has a decent post game, give him a few years and he will develop

[wally_world]

so why does Toronto do this again?

[IamSofaKing]

so why does Toronto do this again?

To get rid of Marion, get some cap space and strengthen up thier bench...

[Toizumi]

I hope Gortat doesn't flop this year, he showed some promise in ORL but I think the Mavs overpaid him... Their only weakness is at the center position..1 trough 4, they're set...
Imagine them going small with a line up of:

1. J-Kidd
2. Terry
3. Howard
4. Marion
5. Dirk

That's killer. All guys can run the floor and Kidd is still one of the best at finding the open man. Marion did good when playing with Stephon, Kidd and Nash in PHX. I thought he'd be good with Calderon as his PG, but he wasn't.. hope this gets him back on track a bit.

[kwajo]

Marion did good when playing with Stephon, Kidd and Nash in PHX. I thought he'd be good with Calderon as his PG, but he wasn't.. hope this gets him back on track a bit.

To be fair to Marion, Jose isn't anywhere near the same level as Kidd, Nash or a prime Starbury, and was injured a bunch last season to boot.

[greensborohill]

so why does Toronto do this again?

They benefit by being over the cap and making the trade b/c it allows them to have a MLE. If they had renounced Marion & others, they would have had room for just Hedo.

[Gregsguys]

so why does Toronto do this again?

Toronto does it to free up the two exemptions which would allow them to add possibly Rasho, Delfino and/or others.

While getting rid of Jawai and Hump shrinks the bench the gain of Rasho and others would strengthen the whole team.

[Pain of Thought]

I haven't been keeping close tabs on Bosh, but has he publically implicated he wants to leave Toronto after this season? Will Toronto even have the cap space free to offer Bosh the contract he'll be worth?



If Bosh stays with the Raptors and plays along side Hedo, that's certainly noticeable. I'm not a big fan of Jose Calderon, but he's a serviceable PG.

[u83]

You don't need cap space to re-sign a player who's already on the team.

[It's A VC3!!!]

mavericks r just getting olderby completing this trade..

o well theyll still make the play-offs now with shaq out of pheonix

[kentatm]

mavericks r just getting olderby completing this trade..

o well theyll still make the play-offs now with shaq out of pheonix

you math sucks. They got younger.

They traded a 34 year old Stack for a 31 year old Marion.

Also, I think that by adding Orlando into the deal they probably have a wink wink deal where the Mavs left Bass alone and the Magic won't match Gortat. (who will make the Mavs even younger)

[LA_Showtime]

This is a great move but it could turn out to bite them in the ass if Dirk, Kidd, etc start showing their etc. This is an old team.

[bballnoob]

This is a great move but it could turn out to bite them in the ass if Dirk, Kidd, etc start showing their etc. This is an old team.

The trade does not affect the age/health of Dirk or Kidd at all.

[Mr Clutch Melo]

Josh Howard are Shawn Marion are both good defenders.

The problem is that none of them can shut down players like Melo,Durant,James and Pierce.