Matrix 4 or Matrix at the four
July 10, 2009 by James Edwards
Filed under Dallas Mavericks, Dirk Nowitzki, NBA Basketball
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Shawn aka ‘The Matrix’ Marion is going to be a Maverick and the odd thing about the whole trade, which involved four teams, is nobody can figure out if the Mavericks will be better or not. The plan is to play Shawn at the four spot, but that will involve moving a lot of players around even during the game.
Now maybe that won’t be a problem, because Rick Carlisle is a master at setting up plays and getting players in a position to do their thing, but just what is Shawn’s thing? Will he be over achieving as a rebounder or racing up the court to finish Jason Kidd fast breaks or stealing shots that Jason Terry would have shot or maybe just be the new out of control Jerry Stackhouse? Jerry ended up in Memphis for the time being. Yes, it was a bizarre trade.
Whether the Matrix produces for Dallas or not, this strange trade also accomplished some other odd things.
Dallas, Toronto, Orlando and Memphis came together to complete a deal that also allowed Toronto to receive Hedo Turkoglu in a sign-and-trade transaction. The rest of the complicated trade, which changed several times over the last day, includes fairly inconsequential parts.
The Grizzlies received Jerry Stackhouse from Dallas, a future second-round pick from Toronto plus cash considerations. Most of that cash will be used to buy out Stackhouse, who has $2 million guaranteed on his contract and doesn’t fit into the Grizzlies’ plans.
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Turkoglu ends up in Toronto
So Dallas ends up with Marion, Toronto with Turkoglu, and Jerry Stackhouse ends up.
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