^Yep. I was reading the Toronto Sun this morning and theres an article about Cuban denying the Vince Carter deal. Looks like hes not going to Dallas, which is good because that trade was terrible. Either way I'm going by Babcock's words about the whole situation.
Vince ain't going anywhere. Not unless we can get someone of an equal value in return. Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak did something terribly stupid by trading Shaq just because he was disgruntled - http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story...ons/take/040714 <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">As the old saying goes, those who ignore history's mistakes are doomed to repeat them. Or something like that. The Lakers just gave away one of the 10 best players of all-time. He has two Hall of Fame years left in him, maybe three, maybe four. It all depends on where he ranks on the Vengeance Scale. We'll get to that in a second. They're getting a borderline All-Star (Lamar Odom) in return, as well as an up-and-coming role player (Caron Butler) and an overpaid rebounder (Brian Grant) with one of the worst contracts of the past 10 years. Oh, and they're getting a No. 1, which gives them the inside track on the 27th best rookie in next year's draft. We've been here before. In 1992, Philly made the EXACT SAME MISTAKE with a disgruntled Sir Charles, swapping him for 40 cents on the dollar (Jeff Hornacek, Andrew Lang and Tim Perry). In 1982, Houston traded Moses to Philly for Caldwell Jones and a piddling No. 1. In 1975, Milwaukee traded Kareem for Brian Winters, Junior Bridgeman, Laverne and Shirley. In the 1960's, even Wilt was freaking traded . . . twice. Every one of those guys ended up playing in the Finals within two years of said trade. You can look it up. During that time frame, only one franchise held strong with an unhappy superstar: the Rockets with Hakeem. They shopped him around, couldn't secure equal value, worked everything out with him and ended up winning consecutive titles in '94 and '95. </div>
