TMS wrote:

djsunyc wrote:

nyk4ever wrote:just saw that DJ. are the wizards stupid? i understand that they want to shed contracts, but you can shed contracts and get a good young player from other teams for those two guys. in this deal, they aren't getting ANY assets.

hell if the wizards are interested in trading, i'd send them expirings and jordan hill. atleast the wiz would be getting something in that deal.

not too many teams will give them that type of $$$ savings. considering they might be up for sale...and the new CBA in another year, maybe that's all it will take to get those 2 players.

Donnie's not going to sacrifice the 2010 plan for Butler & Jamison either.

that's the kind of trade we can make next year with curry and jeffries' contracts - AFTER we get a core guy to build around.

crzymdups wrote:

TMS wrote:

djsunyc wrote:

nyk4ever wrote:just saw that DJ. are the wizards stupid? i understand that they want to shed contracts, but you can shed contracts and get a good young player from other teams for those two guys. in this deal, they aren't getting ANY assets.

hell if the wizards are interested in trading, i'd send them expirings and jordan hill. atleast the wiz would be getting something in that deal.

not too many teams will give them that type of $$$ savings. considering they might be up for sale...and the new CBA in another year, maybe that's all it will take to get those 2 players.

Donnie's not going to sacrifice the 2010 plan for Butler & Jamison either.

that's the kind of trade we can make next year with curry and jeffries' contracts - AFTER we get a core guy to build around.

Butler & Jamison are a far cry from Curry & Jeffries next season dude

Nalod wrote:Troy Murhpy is a poor mans DLEE!

DLee was poor mans TroY Murphy two years ago!

The Washington Wizards and Dallas Mavericks are nearing completion on a trade that will exchange Caron Butler(notes) and Josh Howard(notes), league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

The teams were negotiating whether to expand the trade to include Wizards center Brendan Haywood, but one source with knowledge of the talks said he doesn’t expect the core of the deal – Butler and Howard – to unravel. Wizards guard DeShawn Stevenson is expected to be moved to Dallas in either deal involving Butler.

The Mavericks would send Quinton Ross(notes) or Tim Thomas(notes) and possibly Drew Gooden to Washington if the trade also includes Haywood.

Wiz and Mavs still talking about way to expand deal to include Brendan Haywood, but source says core -- Butler for Howard -- is solid.

Markji wrote:Wow. Dallas. And Washington is just out to dump salary. Stevenson gets $4.15 million next year.

Houston really blew it. They could have had Butler and Hayward - 2 positions they need filled, and they would have made the playoffs, IMO.

Childs2Dudley wrote:It's too bad we'll have Eddy Curry and Jared Jeffries eating $20 million in cap space next year.

Oh my God--Isiah thomas--our pick and our cap space. Funny thing is he'll blame it on someone else.

Ric Bucher at the All-Star Game
With attempts to land a 'stretch 4' proving fruitless, Cavs turn to Amare
"The beauty of reporting that Cleveland and Phoenix are in talks about anything is that on any given day it is sure to be true because Cavs GM Danny Ferry and Suns GM Steve Kerr practically call each other almost every day, sources say. The tricky part is that more often than not the topic of conversation between the two friends and former teammates is only occasionally about the fortunes of their two teams. When the Suns made the rather public decision several weeks ago to explore what they might be able to get for Amare Stoudemire, Cleveland and Ferry weren't willing to pony up what the Suns want in return -- a young talent on his rookie contract and future first-round pick or an established star that could fit in their up-tempo system. For Cleveland, that would mean giving up J.J. Hickson, which they've been reluctant to do. The Cavs' commitment to defense and having seen the Stoudemire-Shaquille O'Neal combination bomb in Phoenix last season killed the conversation almost from the start. That's why, if Cleveland is re-visiting the idea of acquiring Stoudemire, it can only be for one of several reasons. One, FA-to-be LeBron James wants to play with Amare, because Cleveland has demonstrated they'll do whatever is necessary to keep LeBron happy, at least until he re-signs this summer. Two, their attempts to find another stretch 4 have gone by the wayside. Phoenix also would have had reason to circle back to Cleveland since their attempts to deal Amare to Philadelphia for Andre Iguodala have gone cold. The 76ers, several sources say, have all but pulled Iguodala off the market after aggressively exploring interest in him over the last 10 days. So sources say Cleveland and Phoenix have talked this weekend, and that Stoudemire's name has come up. It's safe to say they have, and it has. Because it's always relatively safe to say, when it comes to Cleveland and Phoenix."

Source: http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/features/rumors

I guess many teams are willing to include a young player and a pick for Amare since he can leave for nothing this summer.

If Cleveland gets Amare for Hickson and an expiring I will be very very salty.

Cleveland next year:

Varejao
Amare
Lebron
MLE signing
Williams

UNREAL.

That team is made to run.

TMS wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

TMS wrote:

djsunyc wrote:

nyk4ever wrote:just saw that DJ. are the wizards stupid? i understand that they want to shed contracts, but you can shed contracts and get a good young player from other teams for those two guys. in this deal, they aren't getting ANY assets.

hell if the wizards are interested in trading, i'd send them expirings and jordan hill. atleast the wiz would be getting something in that deal.

not too many teams will give them that type of $$$ savings. considering they might be up for sale...and the new CBA in another year, maybe that's all it will take to get those 2 players.

Donnie's not going to sacrifice the 2010 plan for Butler & Jamison either.

that's the kind of trade we can make next year with curry and jeffries' contracts - AFTER we get a core guy to build around.

Butler & Jamison are a far cry from Curry & Jeffries next season dude

um. yeah - Curry and Jeffries would be the expirings used to acquire guys like Butler and Jamison next season. just saying those kinds of deals are possible once we sign a free-agent this summer. dude.