Mavericks Acquire Shawn Marion via 4-Team Trade
July 9, 2009 by Staff
Filed under All Sports
Well, the Mavericks wanted their guy and they got him. Shawn Marion is now a Dallas Maverick and all of their problems are solved!
Or are they?
The Mavericks, along with the Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors and Memphis Grizzlies, pulled off one of the more complicated trades that the NBA is famous for. It involved a lot of “throw-in players,” some cash payments, 4 teams, and two sign and trades, but at the end of the day, the deal got done.
In the end, the Mavericks got Shawn Marion from the Toronto Raptors, along with Kris Humphries (from Toronto) and Greg Buckner (from Memphis).
The Raptors got Devean George and Antoine Wright, but most importantly, due to this deal, they were able to acquire their prize acquisition of the NBA offseason, Hedo Turkoglu, via a trade instead of just signing him, which allows them the extra ability to sign another player to their roster this offseason.
According to reports, I am to believe that the Orlando Magic only got a trade exception worth around $7 million.
The Memphis Grizzlies got Jerry Stackhouse and the cash needed to buy Stackhouse out, which ultimately just allows them to clear up some cap room.
At the end of the day, Dallas definitely got better in this trade. Their starting lineup for the 2009-2010 NBA season will likely be Jason Kidd, Josh Howard, Shawn Marion, Dirk Nowitzki, and Marcin Gortat. Not exactly a devastating lineup, and they have no true shooting guard, but it improves upon last year’s talent.
I guess the real question is will Shawn Marion be a difference-maker?
I’m really trying to be objective here, so let me know if you disagree, but I wouldn’t say that the acquisition of Marion, as well as Gortat, make this team that much better—especially not better than the Denver Nuggets, who just knocked them out of the second round of the NBA playoffs this past season. Then again, if Josh Howard is 100% healthy, maybe that’s enough to push them past the Nuggets talent-wise.
And I will say this. If the Mavericks didn’t do but one things this offseason, they definitely got long. With Gortat in the middle, and with Howard and Marion likely to be sharing a lot of floor time together, this is one of the longest teams in the NBA, which is certainly something you have to be if you want to beat the Los Angeles Lakers in the post season.
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