<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">DALLAS -- The Dallas Mavericks got a big man, completing an eight-player sign-and-trade deal Tuesday that will bring Erick Dampier from the Golden State Warriors. In the deal, Dampier will receive a seven-year, $73 million contract, ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher has learned. Dallas sends Christian Laettner, Eduardo Najera, two future first-round draft picks and the draft rights to guards Luis Flores and Mladen Sekularac to the Warriors for Dampier, Dan Dickau, Evan Eschmeyer and the draft rights to Steve Logan. </div> <div align="center">Link</div> I knew he was going to get a big deal, but 7 years? He did have a spectacular season, but it was only one season. The guy is 30 years old and gets a contract that big? I'm stunned.
shaq comes to the east while dampier goes to the west. well just have to see how the mavs plans unfoil. defensively i think they have upgraded major. with damp and terry. already aquired Finley can play some hustle dee. i think they should be a fun team to watch in the future if they get a couple more off season aquisitions. The only problem i see with this team is that damp doesnt seem to be a running guy to me. like i dont really see how dirk will fair in an halfcourt game.
Damps been in the west by the way. Either way, 73 mil over 7 years??? 7 YEARS?? Well maverick fans, get used to seeing dampier in a mavs uni. Past his 35th birthday
It's pretty unbelieveable how that organization is spending their money. I have no problems dishing out the millions to proven players, but giving a 73 million dollar contract to a man that only had one effective season is ridiculous. So what's going to happen after that very first year? Will he go back to being an average center? Or could he somehow rise to the top and be one of the best centers in the West?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Windmill360?:</div><div class="quote_post">I just wanted to point out Dampier is officially 29 years old. I guess it's still a lot.</div> Erick Dampier is 30 years old . The contract is ridiculious. Big men shouldn't get contract like this unless its a sure thing like Duncan, KG or Shaq. Players Damps age seem to be on the decline in their early 30's, around the age 34. Show he'll really only be effective for about 4 years or so, and the other 3 will be paying him over 35 million, close to 40, for being ineffective. He hasn't averaged even 9 and 9 in his first 7 years, until his contract year. No way does he deserve over 10 million per year for 7 years.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Banks:</div><div class="quote_post">Erick Dampier is 30 years old.</div> He actually is 29. The other guy was right, anyways.. Dampier did get a lot of money going to a team he likes instead of the chicken scratch he was offered by the hawks. awhile back a lot of people were laughing at dampier and saying he made a big mistake opting out his contract, well i guess he got the last laugh. dampier knew what he was doing after all. mullin doesn't walk away empty handed either, not bad. Bottom line, he probably doesn't deserve that much, but the whole off-season had been crazy, players who played like 5 minutes a game (Troy Murphy..) getting out of this world contracts.
All that money should give him the insentive to be the best center in the west. He better, or else........ there is nothing we can do about it <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Erick Dampier is 30 years old .</div> He just turned 29.... <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Dampier is officially 29, a year younger than he is listed in official NBA guides and registers. Dampiers records with the league had his birth date as July 14,1974. However he was actually born in 1975, meaning he turned 29 last month</div> http://www.hoopshype.com/rumors.htm
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Windmill360?:</div><div class="quote_post">All that money should give him the insentive to be the best center in the west. He better, or else........ there is nothing we can do about it He just turned 29.... http://www.hoopshype.com/rumors.htm</div> The article requires registration, and I was just going by the DOB I saw on his bio's on various pages, it's not like I was there on the day Ms.Dampier gave birth to him. The fact is his contract is still too lengthy and too much for a guy that's had 7 mediocre seasons and 1 good season. He'll be ineffective withing 4 years, and the next 35-40 million paid to him over the last 3 years in his contract will be a waste.
Well it's great news the Mavs acquired Dampier, however I agree with everyone else. The deal was a little large, and he's like many of the other 'average' FA's this summer - They are getting overpaid. Although Dampier brings the needed defense to Dallas, he won't change their defensive problems overnight. As long as Dirk is in a Mavs uni, Dallas will struggle mightly on the defensive end.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Ice:</div><div class="quote_post">Well it's great news the Mavs acquired Dampier, however I agree with everyone else. The deal was a little large, and he's like many of the other 'average' FA's this summer - They are getting overpaid. Although Dampier brings the needed defense to Dallas, he won't change their defensive problems overnight. As long as Dirk is in a Mavs uni, Dallas will struggle mightly on the defensive end.</div> Well although all the other signed FA's this summer are getting overpaid, he's getting overpaid the most, and his contract length is the longest. I would of gone with something in the 6 year 45-50 Million dollar range. That's still overpaying him, but this years market is messed up.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting holyace2k2:</div><div class="quote_post"> Bottom line, he probably doesn't deserve that much, but the whole off-season had been crazy, players who played like 5 minutes a game (Troy Murphy..) getting out of this world contracts.</div> Huh? Troy Murphy is still under his rookie contract and becomes a restricted FA next offseason. Maybe your thinking of Foyle? As for this deal it just makes me laugh. If I were to go back a year ago and tell yall this deal was gonna happen you'd never believe me.. Ill be suprised if Damp plays like he did last season. He did improve his footwork alot and he also had a pass friendly team for one of the first times in his career but I dont see that being the case in Dallas. Not with Dirk, Finley, Stackhouse, Terry etc. on the squad. If things dont go Damps way he pouts and his effort goes down. He's also had problems with injuries his whole career. Im definetly happy to see him out of Oakland
Posted by mary [Dallas-mavs.com] <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">I guess by now we all have "12 and 12" engrained into our heads and the fact that last year was a "contract" year for Damp. First of all, last year was a "contract" year for Damp only because he wanted it to be. He could've easily sat back and collected his dough for the ENTIRE length of his contract if he chose to do so. But he didn't. Why? Probably for the same reason Jamison was so giddy to leave and for the same reason NVE was so pissed to go. Anybody who has a competitive bone in their body hates to lose. You'd have to be a frickin saint to be thrilled to be playing with GSW. He also averaged about eight more minutes per game last year than he had been. When he played similar minutes in his first year with GSW, he averaged 8.7 boards and 11.8 + points. So to say last year was the only good year he had in his career is wrong. Those are pretty decent numbers. Secondly, maybe we should look at how Damp did against the power houses of the West. And while we're at it, I wonder how he did against say...Memphis...you know...the team that soundly beat our ass nearly every time we stepped on the floor with them because they were entirely too athletic for our "soft" team to deal with. Team FG% REB PTS Lakers 66.67% 14.33 11.00 Minny 57.78% 15.50 16.50 Grizz 57.45% 16.50 16.25 Spurs 57.58% 9.50 11.75 Sac 56.25% 14.00 15.00 Mavs 62.07% 12.33 14.00 Houston 45.00% 8.33 9.00 Damp's average for last year were 53.5 %, 12 and 12.3. Its look like to me that Damp faired pretty well with the big players in the West, with the exception of Houston. If you want to question Dampier's work ethic, that's a legitimate concern. But don't totally discount what he did last season. Spares don't put up those kinds of numbers against top-tier teams. By the way, there were only 2 players last season who had more 20 + rebounding games than Dampier (as far as I can tell) - one of them was the league MVP, the other won a ring.</div> I agree with her statement and wanted to post it here. Just wanted to know what you all think.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Windmill360?:</div><div class="quote_post">Posted by mary [Dallas-mavs.com] I agree with her statement and wanted to post it here. Just wanted to know what you all think.</div> Damp's year last year doesn't really say much to me, other players have performed great in their contract years and have ended up being busts. Damp might be effective for the next couple of years, but I doubt he'll be a factor for more than 4 seasons. His PPG will drop with all the scorers, and his RPG will stay the same or drop lower IMO. Not a knock on the guy, he's a very good addition to the team, filling a void that was vacant forever, but he's not worth the contract.
By the time he's on the final year of his contract, he'll be too old to do what he did during the past year (his contract year). So I don't really expect great things from him. I'll be happy to be proven wrong though. It's about time another Center with a name aside from Shaq dominate that position.
Talk about overpayings, this guy's already 29 and he's only picked up his slacks in contract years. Giving 7 years to someone this old is not right, let alone giving him 73 Million dollars too.
It Dampier can play with a good attitude instead of only showing up on contract years, he can really help the Mavs. He has a chance to rejuvinate his career here after a big year, but hes gotta keep it up. I like the deal for the Mavs, but they have no future first round picks anymore.. but the Mavs seem to stumble on good 2nd round picks and such.
Dampier will really help the Mavs, but the contract is to big for him. By the time it comes to his contract year, which is normally his best year, he will be to old to put up numbers like he did in the past season. Right now though, he is capable of proving his worth.
