Dampier to the Mavs

jsm0331

Benchwarmer
It's all over other forums, mainly Lakers. And on the Dallas radio stations. This won't be finalized until next week, because the players that are on the Mavs that came over from the Wizards, aren't able to be traded until next week.

Dallas Trades:
Laettner
Najara

GS trades:
Dampier
Eshemeyer
 

jsm0331

Benchwarmer
Well, it's official.

ESPN: Erick Dampier's odyssey will apparently wind up not in the Big Apple but in Big D.

The Dallas Mavericks have agreed in principle to a trade that would send forwards Eduardo Najera and Christian Laettner, two future first-round picks and cash to the Golden State Warriors, sources told ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher on Tuesday.

In exchange, the Mavs would acquire Dampier, center Evan Eschmeyer and guard Dan Dickau from Golden State.

The deal, however, cannot be consummated until later this summer because NBA rules stipulate that no player may be dealt twice within a two-month period. Both Laettner and Dickau were traded earlier this summer.

Dampier, 30, apparently will forgo a six-year, $50 million offer from the Atlanta Hawks.

Dampier, drafted 10th overall by Indiana in 1996, hoped to join the New York Knicks as part of a sign-and-trade deal, but the Warriors refused to take on salary to accommodate their former starting center's wishes.

He was also wooed by Jermaine O'Neal, who would have liked to have had the 6-foot-11, 270-pound Dampier do the dirty work inside for the Pacers, who were overwhelmed by Detroit's frontcourt in their Eastern Conference finals loss in this year's NBA playoffs.

Dampier averaged 12.3 points and 12.0 rebounds last season, finishing third in the league in field-goal percentage (53.5 percent).
 

jsm0331

Benchwarmer
So, the final deal will look like this...

Mavs trade:
Najera
Laettner
two future 1st rounders
cash

GS trades:
Dampier
Dickau
Eschmeyer
 
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