Just saw this from scout.com A highly-placed league insider tells us the Mavs are already pursuing a revision to Odom's contract that would move his deadline to buy out his last year at $2.4 million from June 29, 2012 to some time in July, a contractual change that is permitted by the league with mutual agreement from both player and team. Scout.com If this is true, it is very significant. They have to be attempting to trade him for Pau. No other player makes any sense. Perhaps Lamar, Marion, and Beaubois to Lakers for Pau. Pick up Harkless with their pick and then go after DWill with Dirk and Pau at the power spots?? This takes them out of the Dwight sweepstakes. But they may be thinking they are out anyways. Who knows?
So, moving the date back past the July moratorium means they want to trade him, instead of buy him out?
Dirk and pau would be a formidable front court. If they can add d-will to that they'll be a threat for a little while.
Odom doesn't benefit at all if he agrees to it. The combined contracts of Dirk, Pau, and Haywood take them out of the running for Deron.
Yes, they could amnesty Haywood and sign a max free agent. Problem is filling out the rest of the team.
That would certainly be luxury tax fodder and Cuban has said that his days of spending whatever it takes is over. And with Dirk and Pau on the roster could the Mav's even make an offer for DWill under the new CBA? Dirk Pau and DWill is the salary cap.
Pau's pricetag has fallen lower than I had expected! So, rough Lakers lineup would be something like: Blake/Roddy Kobe Marion/Artest Odom/McRoberts Bynum They might be able to make the 2nd round again.
I suspect Pau's price tag is Lowry, Scola and perhaps the Mav's protected first round pick. Lowry has to go, Scola needs to go and the Mav's protected first round pick is pretty much chum.
its a buyout... not to trade him? Did you see him last year? His trade value is me and my boys at the Y
I wouldn't either, but I would put him on the Rockets. I'm not sure whether that says more about my lawncare team or my basketball team. Either way, it's not good
I'm pretty sure Odom will do what he can to get bought out. He'll go back home to NY on the cheap and his wife's lifestyle fits perfectly there.
Sure he does. If they move the decision date back, the receiving team can still always waive him. But, for the luxury of moving the date, I'm sure Odom can get the guaranteed dollars increased. Say he gets an extra $1m and all he has to do is get waived by the Lakers (or whoever) instead of the Mavs. Easy money. Or, if he ends up on a team that actually wants to keep him (!), he gets $8.2m. If nothing else, he owes the Mavs a favor after what he pulled this last season.
He'd be foolish not to try and get traded - if he gets the partial buyout, he'll never make back the money he left on the table. No one's giving that joker more than the LLE here on out.
