Finestrg wrote:So rumor has it that the Mavericks are prepared to move on STAT if and when the Knicks waive him. Looks like they're also interested in Jermaine O'Neal too and plan to make roster moves to facilitate signing both players.

http://theknicksblog.com/knicks/report-mavericks-would-be-front-runners-to-sign-amare-stoudemire/

Could mean 6'10" PF Dwight Powell might become available. You get the feeling Cuban is looking to tack on more veteran help up front and Powell could be the fall guy. If so, I'd jump all over that kid if I were Phil (provided we decide to cut the cord with STAT). Young, quick/agile PF with size and skill. Could be a nice building block for us.

If Phil is even aware of Powell and did like him let's say -- I might actually call up Cubes and say look, if you agree to waive Powell then we'll waive STAT. Even give Cubes permission to talk to Stoudemire before hand. Probably illegal to pre-arrange simultaneous roster moves like that, but who cares, honestly? Who needs to know? Keep it all on the QT...If he doesn't agree to waive Powell, so be it. We don't have to waive STAT unless an opportunity out there presents itself. How bad does Cuban want to add STAT?

CrushAlot wrote:

Finestrg wrote:So rumor has it that the Mavericks are prepared to move on STAT if and when the Knicks waive him. Looks like they're also interested in Jermaine O'Neal too and plan to make roster moves to facilitate signing both players.

http://theknicksblog.com/knicks/report-mavericks-would-be-front-runners-to-sign-amare-stoudemire/

Could mean 6'10" PF Dwight Powell might become available. You get the feeling Cuban is looking to tack on more veteran help up front and Powell could be the fall guy. If so, I'd jump all over that kid if I were Phil (provided we decide to cut the cord with STAT). Young, quick/agile PF with size and skill. Could be a nice building block for us.

If Phil is even aware of Powell and did like him let's say -- I might actually call up Cubes and say look, if you agree to waive Powell then we'll waive STAT. Even give Cubes permission to talk to Stoudemire before hand. Probably illegal to pre-arrange simultaneous roster moves like that, but who cares, honestly? Who needs to know? Keep it all on the QT...If he doesn't agree to waive Powell, so be it. We don't have to waive STAT unless an opportunity out there presents itself. How bad does Cuban want to add STAT?

Powell would be awesome. I clicked on the out of town link on the uk tool bar and saw the Dallas reporter is speculating Ricky Ledo or Greg Smith would be the player waived. His reasoning is that their deals expire. Powell makes a lot less but must have a partial guarantee on his deal next year.

I could be interested in Ledo and Smith too -- we lost JR and Shumpert via trade and never really picked up a legit 2G replacement (not counting Galloway). Ledo's been up with the Mavs for a little less than a week. Before being recalled, he was going for about 16 ppg in the DL (46% FGs, only about 30% on 3s though). Smith hasn't done much for Dallas this year as far as I know but he did have several nice games for Houston over the previous 2 seasons (especially 2012-13 where he saw some extended PT). I remember hearing Houston TV commentators compare him to a young Otis Thorpe. Wonder how Phil feel about these 2 guys..