Mavs Trade: Three Way: Big Z and Amare
This is a trade I propose to get the Mavs over the hump and finally win a championship. This trade is important for the Mavs because it finally puts a true center with Dirk which will allow him to lead like he has never lead before.
Dirk is an offensive player and needs to be in a position to play his game...which is a dominant offensive player. He has never had the personnel around him to do this though—a center that complements him offensively.
The closest Dirk has ever had was Raef LaFrentz. LaFrentz was the closest thing Dirk ever had to a center with an offensive game. But Raef was really more of a forward, like Dirk. Big Z is ideal to play with Dirk because Z is just as versatile offensively as Dirk but at the center position. Both Dirk and Big Z will make each other better perimeter players than they have ever been and better post players than they have ever been. Having a player of Z's quality at the center position will force teams to defend Dirk in such a way that they have never had to in the past.
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Having a center forces teams to keep 2 bigs in the game which forces one big to be on Dirk, this puts Dirk in his comfrot zone, which is taking bigmen off the dribble. But Dirk has never been able to play this game in his career. Because the Mavs have never had a true offensive threat at center. So teams could go small on Dirk and take him out of his comfort zone. Which is a big reaosn he hasn't been as dominant as he could be. And a big reason why he has struggled to be a leader.. because it forces the ball out of Dirk's hands to his subpar teammates.
The majors of the deal involve sending Josh Howard, Brandon Bass and Jerry Stackhouses expiring contract to Phoenix.
Cleveland would be sending Big Z and Eric Snow to Dallas. The deal works out on RealGM's trade checker.
