I've also heard OJ Mayo's name.

seems like Mavs are waiting until Elton Brand amnesty/waiver issue is resolved, which will be this Friday at the earliest. Apparently they can't really sign anybody else because they need to stay under the cap [including cap placeholders] to participate in the waiver process.

Mavs are also looking at a center from Brazil. Rafael Hettsheimeir is his name.

http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/mavericks/post/_/id/4690756/source-mavs-have-talked-to-brazilian-center

We need 5's. I have never heard of this guy.

Chris Kaman just signed a 1-year deal.

Buddying up with his German teammate. Good move for Dallas.

I agree. He's a good offensive center and a good rebounder. Not especially tough down low defensively, but he's a good pickup for just one year if you are still saving money for next off season.

Best option out there.

he's already better than Haywood

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Half this board is better than Haywood.

Talk of Mavs S&T Mahinmi to the Pacers for Collison and Dahntay Jones.

Darren Collison isn't too bad. He had some good moments with the Hornets I believe when CP3 was injured.

I like the move for Collison.

This is a ******* steal btw. Collison is a starter. And I've read this at another forum:
The new acquisitions can be packaged after December 15th:

Kaman - $8 mil
D. Jones - $2.9 mil
Collison - $2.3 mil
VC - $3.1
Roddy - $2.2 mil
DoJo - $1.3 mil
Wright - 900k

Total = $20.8 mi

Half the team for one big FA. Not bad at all.

Three stellar moves by the MBT today. Signing Kaman. Amnestying Haywood and basically trading a player they weren't signing anyways for two starters.

Ton more FAs next summer too. Basically it's going to be another season like last season with a much better Dirk. He should go for the scoring title.

Kaman is a good acquisition.

Indiana got robbed.

Nice get with Collison. Mahinmi with 16 mil lmao

Yep. Collison is a good point guard, and you know he's going to play his ass off next year.

I like the Kaman signing in that he was the best available option. Our post defense with Dirk and Kaman is going to be high comedy.

Looks like a repeat of 2011-2012 strategy. Meh.

That's a nice move for the Mavs. Will be interesting to see what Collison can do with the motivation of a contract year. Wonder why Indiana was so willing to move their PG for a backup C.

Desperately need a SG

Cubes is going the Moneyball route. At least we will have a chance to snatch up that 8th seed.

News also said Mavs making great progress towards getting Elton Brand.

Mavs just upgraded post and point guard. That's a pretty good day. If you sign Brand, then things really look better. It's not Bosh and LBJ, but that's a pretty good upgrade.

Collison / Kaman >> Deron / Dwight

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Dan, you're dumb...

Dan is 100% correct. Major upgrade.

Super serious

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs1N5NYyb24&t=0m24s

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I agree. I heard there is still 2.5 to resign West. They kind of need him imo. Not just for SG but also to back up at the PG.

Still not sure why they resigned Carter. I know he average 10 pts a game but he's gotten so slow. I would have rather used the money on West.

Great moves btw yesterday. Kaman is an obvious upgrade at C. Actually, maybe the best scoring C we have ever had (although that isn't saying a whole lot). Collison was a helluva pick-up for center we were about to lose. Maybe it will like a fire under Roddy B as well. Jones is a defensive specialist so he could come in handy kind of like Stevenson did a couple of years ago.

I like Donnie's attitude. We're obviously not among the top 5 or 6, but we can get one of the bottom spots.

Looks like we are in a good position to get Brand. I like our big men if we do.

Dan07 got some bites.

If the Mavs land Brand, is there a better front court in NBA? They wouldn't be shut-down defenders, but rebounding would be nuts. Offensively, Dallas would have huge advantage.

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Bynum/Gasol/Artest
Chnadler/Amare/Melo
Gasol/ZBo/Gay/Speights/Arthur
Perkins/Ibaka/Durant/Collison
Bosh/James/Anthony/Battier/Haslem
Scola/11 other power forwards
Hibbert/West/Granger/Hans

Brand isn't that special anymore after all the injuries. Kaman can score but can't play D. Dirk can score but can't play D.

GS pulled a Dan 07 in that list. See if you can find it.

Let's see... Would it be...

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The Mavs have a solid front court. Especially if they have time to practice their zone. The shortened season really hurt them there.

2 honest questions: Why did Cuban feel the need to chase Deron Williams? He won a ring with only one bonafide Superstar, why try and get another at the cost of Chandler?

...and why is the popular consensus on the boards that the Mavs COULDN'T sign chandler this year and field a full team...didn't Cuban offer him 20 mil for 2011? His deal w/ New York only netted him 13,107,378 which is obviously less than the 20 mil offered by cuban.