Mavs get Tyson Chandler

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The Charlotte Bobcats, after backing out of a trade with Toronto, have agreed to deal Tyson Chandler to the Dallas Mavericks.

Sources close to the situation told ESPN.com that the Bobcats and Mavericks reached terms on a deal that would send Chandler and Alexis Ajinca to Dallas for Erick Dampier, Eduardo Najera and Matt Carroll.


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The Mavericks, sources said, parted with Dampier's $13 million non-guaranteed contract -- which Dallas has considered one of its most valuable trade chips -- because Charlotte was willing to re-acquire Carroll, who is due to earn $11.7 million over the next three seasons.

Dallas will now try to complete the signing of free-agent forward Al Harrington. The Mavericks, sources said, have extended an offer to Harrington with their $5.8 million mid-level exception.

One source close to the situation said that the Bobcats will consider keeping Dampier for the short term, instead of waiving him immediately, in case another trade opportunity presents itself. Any team that has Dampier on its books can release him and instantly wipe $13 million off next season's payroll.

Sources said that Dallas, having determined that it would not be able to acquire any of its ambitious targets with the Dampier chip this summer, decided to make this trade to create as much financial flexibility as possible to keep pursuing a major trade score such as New Orleans' Chris Paul, whom the Mavericks have unsuccessfully chased for months.

Chandler actually fills two needs for Dallas, since he'll join Brendan Haywood in the Mavericks' center rotation and given that he will be playing on an expiring contract next season.

The Bobcats had agreed Monday to trade Chandler and Boris Diaw to Toronto for Jose Calderon and Reggie Evans as part of the Raptors' deal with Phoenix that will send Hedo Turkoglu to the Suns. But Charlotte, sources said, withdrew from the deal Monday night, partly because of a 10-percent trade bonus in Calderon's contract (which has nearly $30 million remaining over the next three seasons) and because coach Larry Brown was not in favor of the deal.

After losing out to Utah in the trade chase for Al Jefferson, Dallas immediately began pursuing Chandler.

Marc Stein covers the NBA for ESPN.com.

I like.

 

[Herm]

id be more excited that it opens up the way to sign Al Harrington, love that guy.

 

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If we sign Harrington this is what the team would look like. Stacked ass team!

CT: Brendan Haywood/ Tyson Chandler/ Ian Mahinmi
PF: Dirk Nowitzki/ Al Harrington/ Alex Ajinca
SF: Caron Butler/ Shawn Marion
SG: Jason Terry/Rodrigue Beaubois / Deshawn Stevenson
PG: Jason Kidd/ JJ Barea/ Dominique Jones

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Guess that takes em out of the running for Shaq, lol. After Dirk personally requested him too..

 

[Juggernaut]

Al Harrington >>> Shaq

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Al Harrington >>> Shaq

Shaq > Tyson Chandler. Cheaper, too.

 

[dave]

Shaq > Tyson Chandler. Cheaper, too.

If Chandler is healthy, he's a 13 ppg-12 rpg type centre.
Shaq, if healthy, is an 11-7 type centre.
Shaq is done. He's just pulling a Patrick Ewing now, hanging around as long as he can to pick up a paycheck and keep his name in the headlines.

Chandler is the better option ... and he only has one year left on his deal, so Dallas has flexibility.

I'm disappointed the Raptors trade fell through.

 

[Archer]

If Chandler is healthy, he's a 13 ppg-12 rpg type centre.
Shaq, if healthy, is an 11-7 type centre.
Shaq is done. He's just pulling a Patrick Ewing now, hanging around as long as he can to pick up a paycheck and keep his name in the headlines.

Chandler is the better option ... and he only has one year left on his deal, so Dallas has flexibility.

I'm disappointed the Raptors trade fell through.

Despite his best season being 11-11?

His best two seasons had more do with Chris Paul than anything imo

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

If Chandler is healthy, he's a 13 ppg-12 rpg type centre.
Shaq, if healthy, is an 11-7 type centre.
Shaq is done. He's just pulling a Patrick Ewing now, hanging around as long as he can to pick up a paycheck and keep his name in the headlines.

Chandler is the better option ... and he only has one year left on his deal, so Dallas has flexibility.

I'm disappointed the Raptors trade fell through.

Without a PG to run pick and roll Chandler is nothing more then a big body in the post that you HOPE will stay on the court for 60+ games and get you some blocks and boards. To compare him to Shaq is simply blasphemy.. old, young, any time.

I too am disappointed, because we needed the defense down low. But I definitely wont lose sleep over not acquiring Tyson Chandler. More bummed about not getting Diaq.