Cuban wants a deal

His on/off floor numbers lead the Mavs

 

Not that I disagree but I would like to see the link explaining this.

 

I don't see how you're anywhere near affording Pekovic when you've added a alotto pick, Cunningham, Beaubois and Wright to the team. Funny math.

 

for rebounding?

 

I said:
It is only true depending on who you replace him with.

If he went down tonight for the rest of the Season and you could only start Jeffries or bring in a D-League guy then it is not true.

If you swapped in someone via trade then it can be true.

We lose a lot more games this year if Hickson goes down and is out the Season.

And you said:

I'm not sure that is the case. The Blazers are actually a better rebounding team without Hickson, and if you replace Hickson with Leonard in the 5 man unit our win % goes from 42%-69%

So are you backing off what you said or are we now agreeing?

 

Well since no one is linking, the ESPN insider has a write up on Brandan Wright.

So in otherwords, he falls in the same boat as Hickson. He may give you good numbers; but he also allows his opponent to get around the same. And 58th our of 63 centers rank on rebounding rates?!?! Yikes!!!!

 

We can go over the cap to resign Wright and Beaubois...right? Cap holds would be 4 million total, maybe? Ya, that would not work cause that would leave us at maximum 10 million

 

That trade is horrible, short-term, long-term, every term.

 

I personally feel this thread is getting too much attention, It was just an idea. Far better than losing him for nothing or overpaying him to back up Aldridge

 

I don't think that is true.

http://www.82games.com/1213/1213POR2.HTM

Freeland has been coming in and giving Aldridge a breather more then double the time that he could come in for Hickson. Freeland is paired with Hickson not on the court when he is sitting out.

 

Cool, what would be better, in your opinion

 

I'm all about finding good value. However, the better value might be letting him walk and securing cap space over backups and other expirings. If it's a high upside backup? Ok. I don't think Cunningham is that. Intriguing, but...meh.

 

Does Wright move the needle?
It's actually a serious question.

 

Okafor?

 

That's debatable as well if capspace can get you a guy like Pek.

 

For Pek it wouldn't be enough. Someone would offer more.

 

He's getting 12 mil per. Looking around, that's the rate with the size tax.

 

Probably not, but like with Mozgov, it gives you a few months to find out if any of them will.

 

Ya, it will be a max type deal