RE: Twan rearing his ugly head

["Sean Giovanello" <sgiovanello@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think its easy enough for Dallas to justify.

1)  We got rid of a huge mistake deal that is a long term one.  5 years
50 million still to go for Raef.  That's a big contract to lose.

2) We took on a guy who has 1 year and an option left.

3) We gave up a pretty worthless draft pick - for the Mavs that is.

4) A contract that a rich owner doesn't really care about.

5) A good role player in Jiri (for them he would not start).

We will be living with the good and bad of this trade for 5 more years.
They will be out from under it at the latest by next year.  Further,
they will be able to resign Nash knowing they will only be under the
Walker deal for one more year if he exercises the option.  While it
might seem stupid if he didn't - Walker is a prideful guy and just might
be willing to take 6 to play 40 minutes a night rather than 14 for 28 a
night...

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Subject: Twan rearing his ugly head

They are now justifying the trade here in Dallas as LaFrentz was going
to be injured anyways, had a bad contract and they can trade Walker next
year with the expiring contract....

DJessen33

<It's hard to see Antoine opting out of his big contract for next year,
but despite his struggles of late, he's a valuable commodity in a
trade.  This is not because of his ability on the court, it's because
of that massive expiring contract.
Dallas as always, will be willing to take on contracts, and can get
talent from a team looking for a big reduction in cap space.  It
appears they are souring on Walker, and will surely have plenty
of opportunities to trade him over the summer or in the early part
of the season.

--Andy>