Mavericks - Bobcats

[Danny Longley]

Mavericks Receive:

Jordan Farmar - $4,000,000/$4,250,000
Luke Walton - $5,680,000/$5,800,000

Total In: $9,680,000

Bobcats Receive:

Hedo Turkoglu - $11,015,850/$11,815,850/$12,000,000
Justin Harper - $473,604/$762,195
2012 1st Round Pick (Miami)

Total In: $11,489,454

Mavericks accept. Essentially a salary dump for me. I figure Year 3 Free Agency will be my most important year, so I'm clearing as much cap to retain my key players. Turkoglu is expendable as I've got a glut of young wings that are much cheaper.

Also get a pretty underrated point-man in Jordan Farmar. He's not gonna wow you or anything but he had a good bounce back year and is productive as a 2nd-Unit PG. I think he's at least better than his 73 rating by 2 or 3 points. Needs to come back from Europe to prove that though.

[Lucas Lutkus]

I Accept.

Like Mavs is focusing on Year 3 Free Agency, my focus is Year 4, so Turkoglu huge salary don't bothers me at all.

I receive a 1st round pick on this draft (the 30th pick, but it's a very deep draft, so it's going to end up being a very nice role player) that is going to help me a lot with my long-term plan.

Turkoglu can help my team on my final attempt to make a run to the offs and Farmar is barely playing, seeing that he's my 2nd backup for Kemba with Toney Douglas being the 1st. I also get rid of Luke Walton who, IMO, is more difficult to trade than Hedo.

Bobcats after trade:

PG - Kemba / Douglas / Fortson
SG - Gordon / Bogans
SF - Turkoglu / Q-Rich
PF - Varejao / Thomas / Harper
C - Biyombo / Gray

[Ian Noble]

Charlotte rapes in this trade, in my opinion, but it's not exactly gutting the Mavericks to make this deal so I accept.

[Danny Longley]

Not going to deny that I'm losing out big-time on pure value here, but with Anderson,Parsons and Greene as well as Douglas-Roberts in line for a shot at SF, Hedo's just a bad contract to me.

Actually forgot Brewer, that's how overloaded with wings I am haha.

[Isiah Thomas]

I accept

[Walt Frazier]

Don't love it but Farmar is in fact a useful player, some upside remaining too as he's never had a big shot at being a starting PG, but he's young ish still and has proven some things in that backup role.

Hedo's value/negative value/contract situation puts a twist on the trade that makes it hard to judge.

I'll accept it.

[Aubrey Graham]

I'll accept as well

[Lucas Lutkus]

Yay! 4 accepts!

[Ian Noble]

Trade passed.