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Even though I am not a fan of Rick Ross (be who you are, no need to front Officer Ricky...) his song was made famous by Katt Williams, showing what like is like if you lived the words of the song. His character is hustling, working in an office and a fast food location. That is the type of attitude that you need to be successful in your job.
Mark Cuban is the Hustler of the NBA. If you are to fault Mark Cuban, his fault is that he cares. (Just like the NBA...and the seats) He is the true definition of a fan, as he is fanatical about the Mavericks.
In his neverending quest to push the Mavericks to the promised land, word on the street is that they are trying to land Shawn Marion from the Raptors. Lets look at this from all parties involved. ESPN.com reports the rumor...
It appears that the Dallas Mavericks and Toronto Raptors have successfully recruited the Memphis Grizzlies to help them complete a trade that would eventually route free-agent swingman Shawn Marion to the Mavericks, according to NBA front-office sources. ESPN.com
From the Mavericks standpoint, it's clearly necessary. You need to have more weapons than you have right now. Marion would give you another player with some bounce still left in his legs.
You can go small, with the Terry/Kidd back court with the frontcourt of Howard, Marion and Diggler at the five. That is your fast (relatively speaking, and gets faster with Barea) lineup that you use to outscore other teams.
The starting lineup will most likely look traditional with Kidd/Howard backcourt, with Marion at the three, Dirk at the four, and Damp getting the start at the five (this assumes that the Magic do not match the MLE offer that Mavs made to Marcin Gortat, which is tough, because they are light in the frontcourt, in particular, the backup pivot).
But, the Mavs have incentive to NOT play Damp. Here is an interesting notation about his contract.
http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs/mavs-news/mavs-con.html#dampier
Erick Dampier
Signed a 7 year, $73 million contract 8/25/04
Free agent: Summer 2011
Contract breakdown:
2004-2005 $7,700,000
2005-2006 $8,662,500
2006-2007 $9,628,000
2007-2008 $10,590,500
2008-2009 $11,553,000
2009-2010 $12,115,500
2010-2011 $13,078,000
I know the numbers blind you. Yes, he is extremely overpaid. But, he can
be an expiring contract that can be another weapon to wield in the great
Free Agent class of 2010.
His last year becomes guaranteed if:
a) Dampier is selected to play in any three NBA All-Star Games out of the 2004-2005 through the 2009-2010 seasons, or
b) Dampier plays at least 2,100 minutes in the 70 regular season games in the 2009-2010 season in which he plays the most minutes (and if he plays in less than 70 regular season games in the 2009-2010 season, then he must play at least 2,100 minutes for the entire regular season.)
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