NBA Trade Analysis - Caron Butler to the Mavericks
Trade parameters.
Dallas Mavericks get SF Caron Butler, C Brendan Haywood, SG DeShawn Stevenson
Washington Wizards get SF Josh Howard, PF Drew Gooden, PF James Singleton, SF Quentin Ross
As you could imagine, a win for the Mavericks.
Dallas gets another scorer in Butler. They are a tall, strong team now after the additions of Butler, Haywood and Marion before that. Butler will move into the small forward position and could be a matchup problem for a smaller player trying to guard him. I think the real pickup here is Haywood. He has quietly become a very solid starting center, and is a huge upgrade from Erick Dampier. He'll be able to guard the plethora of big men in the West and allow Nowitzki to concentrate on offense. The Mavericks have gotten a lot tougher with this trade.
Washington, they really didn't get anything. Howard needed a change of scenery in the worst way, but it's unknown if he can step up now that he's on a horrible team. He seems to not really give a crap. Just smoke some weed and collect a paycheck. The Wizards should have at least got a young guy or draft pick out of it all. But they needed to give their young guys a chance to play. We'll see if Andray Blatche can be their big man of the future. They shouldn't stop here. They need to move Antawn Jamison as well.
Dallas Mavericks get SF Caron Butler, C Brendan Haywood, SG DeShawn Stevenson
Washington Wizards get SF Josh Howard, PF Drew Gooden, PF James Singleton, SF Quentin Ross
Dallas gets another scorer in Butler. They are a tall, strong team now after the additions of Butler, Haywood and Marion before that. Butler will move into the small forward position and could be a matchup problem for a smaller player trying to guard him. I think the real pickup here is Haywood. He has quietly become a very solid starting center, and is a huge upgrade from Erick Dampier. He'll be able to guard the plethora of big men in the West and allow Nowitzki to concentrate on offense. The Mavericks have gotten a lot tougher with this trade.
Washington, they really didn't get anything. Howard needed a change of scenery in the worst way, but it's unknown if he can step up now that he's on a horrible team. He seems to not really give a crap. Just smoke some weed and collect a paycheck. The Wizards should have at least got a young guy or draft pick out of it all. But they needed to give their young guys a chance to play. We'll see if Andray Blatche can be their big man of the future. They shouldn't stop here. They need to move Antawn Jamison as well.
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