Mavericks’ message to fans….”We Love Our Team”……not so sure I love the message.  But, again my hope was to land another rotation player without giving up our top 3 scorers or Kidd.  My bet is Donnie tried, but the “sellers market” appears to have been a myth.  Everyone wants to dump salary?  really, so why would no one take Stackhouse?

I heard a Damp/Stack for Vince Carter trade rumor…..ummm thanks but no thanks.  Damp is amazingly underrated due to his fat contract.  No way am I giving up my one…count that ONE interior defensive presence.   Damp rebounds amazingly well figuring boards per minute played, plays solid defense, has the bulk to hang with the Mings, Duncans, and Shaq’s out west,  and sets great screens.  Damp is overpaid, but he is a player you have to have in this league.  Again, no way am I making a trade where you break even or get just marginally better.  We aren’t beating the Lakers with a trade like that.  We had to get lucky, and score big….it did not happen, but it was not for a lack of trying, I am sure.

The good news?  The Aggie alumn (WHOOP!) Antoine Wright put up another 20 point game in Terry’s absense.  If he can just give us 12 points and D up like he did against Carter last night, I can live with that.  Word is that Stackhouse is coming back and will play meaningful minutes, and I am actually excited for some reason.  Guess I still have good memories of the past.  Stack..You Can Do It!

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