Marion to Mavericks

Oops. Memphis sends out Buckner in the deal, forgot that. They get a nice SG backup with Quincy Douby for their trouble and still save about the same money as with Buckner who would likely have been waived over the summer. Now they just waive Stackhouse, and Dallas even gives them the remaining salary in cash. Dallas had Buckner twice before, and may or may not opt to keep the last two years of his deal. Probably not, then he only costs them $2 million like with Stackhouse.

for posting this as a comment.

A verbal commitment or rumors means nothing for the league office. They care about the official papers that come in to approve a deal.

Not his natural position, but he is quick enough as a perimeter defender and athletic enough on offense to overpower opponents. At any rate, he is better than the pretty abysmal Wright, and Terry can still come off the bench. It would also allow the Mavs to play a small lineup with Dirk, Marion, Howard, Terry, Kidd/Barea to close out that still can rebound effectively. As also a Mavs fan, I like that deal a lot since similar deal suggestions for Josh Smith or Gerald Wallace fell through. It’s not ideal, but it’s a good deal.

And next year, the Mavs can use Dampier and his best instantly expiring contract in the league to match salaries in a sign and trade up to about $16 million. If you combine that with Howard whose last year is a team option, that could easily net them a player like Johnson or even a higher profile name.

Remember when Marion played with Steve Nash?

yup.

Ok, he’s not exactly terrible.