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Damipier still has two seasons left on his contract I think, but Gadz and Josh Howard were added into the deals, I think the trade would make more sense. Howard would replace some of Redds scoring and give us flexibility at the 2/3 positions. Howard also expires after next season giving us more cap room next summer. This trade would also allow us to get rid of Gadz and Redds contracts. Hammond has the reputation of not signing players to max contracts and this would shed us of Redds max deal as well as Gadz horrible contract.

I know that a one for one wouldn’t work, but I wasn’t in a context where I could press for more details.

While it is extremel rare for teams to trade for an injured player, I don’t perceive that there is a ton of fear out there that Redd’s career is in jeopardy. It’s not like he is Dominique Wilkins or something, Mike will still be productive without elite athleticism (not that he ever had it).

I liked your analogy about the Mavs going “all in”. To continue the poker comparison, Dampier is the last chip they have. Everything else is in the pot as they are all about winning a title in the next two years. That’s why it makes no sense for them to hold on to Dampier’s contract for a year to try to bring in a big free agent. Because 1) there is no guarentee that they will land a big time FA and 2) its playing out a whole year with a chip in reserve. If there was ever a time for the Mavs to go all in, it would be now. And with RJ and Vince already dealt, there don’t seem to be a lot of proven scorers out there available for an expiring deal.

The last thing I will say, is that while this trade would seem really lopsided at first, I would reserve judgement till next summer because if the Bucks were able to use Dampier’s expiring contract at the trade deadline to bring in 2 or 3 young guys, or if the Bucks were able to somehow land a big time 2010 free agent (Joe Johnson? Amare?) then it would be a really good deal.

Of course, since these are my beloved Bucks we are talking about there would always be the possibility that niether of those two scenarios would play out, in which case the deal would be kind of a kick in the junk for us fans.

BigDog13 from what I hear the Mavs want to hold on to Josh Howard because they view him as a versatile scrappy glue guy on a roster of fairly one dimmensional players.

And I believe that Dampier has a team option after this year, so based on his production verse his paycheck it would be certain that any team that employed him would decline that option.

I know its not your job to comment and research every trade rumor. But while you are in Vegas it would be sweet if you could talk to a Mavs beat writer or staffer and get some specifics on Dampier’s contract, specifically how many minutes he has to play to guarentee the final year of his contract.

Skeptical Bucks and Mavs fans have suggested that the Mavs wouldn’t make this kind of deal because they will need Dampier’s minutes at center to contend. But if what some are saying about Dampier’s “minute clause” is true, then they obviously are not going to play him very much anyway.

Any news on if Orlando matched the contract offer to Gortat?

J-Richardson and Pavlovic partially guaranteed contract for Michael Redd makes a perfect trade for the Suns and Bucks both plus Richardson is a better player than Damp..

Yea Ere, sign me up for Json Richarson for Redd. Obviously the Dampier trade was contingent upon the Magic not retaining Marcin Gortat, which most people did not expect them to do when the offer sheet was signed and the Magic countered by signing Brandon Bass. The Magic ended up with both, and obviously the Mavs were not going to make the trade without Gortat in town as their new starting center.

I have never held to the notion that Redd is untradable like so many Bucks fans believe his contract to make him. In the NBA this day and age all it takes is one team looking to move some salary around and you can move pretty much anyone with a year or two left.

I can’t see Phoenix wanting Redd, unless they were in a situation where they were repositioning their cap and trying to shed a longer contract like Richardson’s for a shorter one like Redd’s.

As far as his knee injury, its not like it was career threatening (Shawn Livingston) and its not like he is suddeenly not going to have the leg extension to power up his behind the head lefty knuckleball three pointer. Redd is Redd, for better or for worse. And ironically when it comes to this situation, I think his skill set and physical limitations bode well for a unproblematic comeback.