Latest Basketball News:Wizards deal Caron Butler to Mavericks
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The Washington Wizards are trying to clean house so they can start over in a way that will eventually get rid of all the egos. This is done by trading off talent and non-talent for short salary times to be released
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The Washington Wizards are trying to clean house so they can start over in a way that will eventually get rid of all the egos. This is done by trading off talent and non-talent for short salary times to be released as soon as they run out. In that vein it was time to package up some salaries with Caron Butler and unload him.
Caron Butler and Brendan Heywood will give Dallas more size and quickness
The Mavericks, on the other hand, have a strong team and would love to make a long run in the playoffs. To pick up a player of Caron Butler’s talent and Brendan Heywood’s size in exchange for some players that did not produce can only yield dividends in the future.
From the Mavericks: The Mavericks have acquired forward Caron Butler, center Brendan Haywood, guard DeShawn Stevenson and cash considerations from the Washington Wizards in exchange for forward Josh Howard, center Drew Gooden, forward James Singleton and guard Quinton Ross, an SMU product.
“We are more than excited to welcome Caron, Brendan and DeShawn to the Mavericks family,” President of Basketball Operations Donnie Nelson said. “Caron is an established professional and an All-Star with the ability to score from anywhere on the floor. Brendan with solidify our center position with athleticism, shot blocking and defense. DeShawn has also shown that he can be a talented asset to this team.”
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So with Caron Butler does this look like a one sided trade in favor of the Dallas Mavericks? Not when you consider that Washington wants to clean house and in this trade they will end up cleaning house.
Of the players obtained by Washington, only Quinton Ross is likely to count against next year’s cap figure. Singleton and Gooden’s contracts expire after this season while Howard has an .8 million team option for 2010-2011. Ross has a player option worth .1 million, which means that the Wizards have taken around million off their books for next season.
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The Wizards have the possibility of gaining all kinds of cap space and picking up a good draft pick as they are the 4th worst team in the league.
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