SB Nation User Blog: Wes Cox

Sign-and-Trade for Diop?

Wes Cox — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:11:06 -0000

The one certainty going into the free agency window (which opens tonight), is that the Mavs want Diop back -- so much so that the Mavs might be willing to use their full mid-level exception to bring him back.

Since that would pretty much end the offseason, most us aren't a fan of that idea, but Sefko says today that the Mavs are trying to acquire Diop through a sign-and-trade, which would leave the Mavs with the MLE to work with.

The Mavericks... are believed to have interest in retaining the services of Devean George, J.J. Barea and Antoine Wright.

One or more of those could be used in a sign-and-trade for DeSagana Diop, who is believed to be one of the Mavericks' top targets in free agency.

How would that be for an ironic twist of fate? Use Deavan's bird rights to send him to New Jersey for Diop...

Maybe that's how it was drawn up all along.

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Oh, and please keep Antoine Wright.

Shan Foster Scores 42 Against Mississippi State - 03/05/08 (via vucommodores)

Wes Cox — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:07:34 -0000

Shan Foster Scores 42 Against Mississippi State - 03/05/08 (via vucommodores)

Shan Foster: NBA Draft Song (via ilananunn)

Wes Cox — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:04:50 -0000

Shan Foster: NBA Draft Song (via ilananunn)

Kidd, Nash, Baron, Thierry Henry and others playing a charity soccer game in Chinatown: via http:...

Wes Cox — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:07:07 -0000

Kidd, Nash, Baron, Thierry Henry and others playing a charity soccer game in Chinatown: via http://www.thisisamericansoccer.com/soccer-culture/steve-and-henry/#more-849

Want Him or Don't Want Him: Devean George

Wes Cox — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:41:45 -0000

	Contract Status
Year	$$$$	Age @ End of Season
08/09	Out of Contract	31

07/08 Stats	GP	GS	MPG	PPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	PER (NBA Rank)
Devean George	53	4	15.5	3.7	35.7%	32.4%	72.6%	2.6	0.7	7.06 (312th)

Want Him: He's an okay guy to have deep on the bench, and he can be signed without using any of the MLE. Almost prevented the Kidd trade.

Don't Want Him: He scored in double digits four times the entire season. He can't stay healthy and gets "food poisoning" at least three times a season. Temporarily blocked the Kidd trade.

Poll

Devean George?

Smoak won't back down (via d20636)

Wes Cox — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:58:27 -0000

Smoak won't back down (via d20636)

Southwest Kia SportsTalk Interview with Josh Howard 6-3-08 (via swkiasportstalk)

Wes Cox — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:30:33 -0000

Southwest Kia SportsTalk Interview with Josh Howard 6-3-08 (via swkiasportstalk)

The Spurs Just Got Knocked Out

Wes Cox — Fri, 30 May 2008 03:40:18 -0000

That's all I got.

Want Him or Don't Want Him: Jerry Stackhouse

Wes Cox — Tue, 27 May 2008 04:06:22 -0000

	Contract Status
Year	$$$$	Age @ End of Season
08/09	$7,000,000	34
09/10	$7,025,000 (0nly 2 million guaranteed)	35

07/08 Stats	GP	GS	MPG	PPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	PER (NBA Rank)
Jerry Stackhouse	58	13	24.3	10.7	40.5%	32.6%	89.2%	2.3	2.5	13.37 (172nd)

Want Him: He can still go off for big scoring nights every now and then. Perceived as the main 'veteran leader' on the team.

Don't Want Him: Aging fast -- his ppg dropped for the fourth year in a row. In the postseason he averaged 20 min and 6 points per game on 31.6% shooting (of course he wasn't healthy so I don't know why he was playing that much...). Is he just a relic of the Avery era?

Poll

Jerry Stackhouse?

A General Open Thread

Wes Cox — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:51:33 -0000

I've done nothing but work the last three days, so sorry about the lack of posts during the Carlisle press conference etc...

Use this as an open thread for any of the rumors swirling around or anything else.