<B>Deal Nowitzki? It may happen</B><>May 23, 2005</P><>HOENIX -- Would Mark Cuban trade Dirk Nowitzki?</P><>Surely, the Mavericks owner isn\'t stupid enough to do that.</P><>But you probably said the same thing last summer when Steve Nash said he wanted to stay and would if the Mavs matched the Suns\' $66 million offer. Cuban refused, Nash went to Phoenix. And Cuban is sticking by his story that he did the right thing and that we\'ll all see the logic of it eventually.</P><>If Nash breaks down in the next few years, Cuban will have been right. But so far Cuban\'s gamble looks miserable, especially the way Nowitzki erupted about Erick Dampier and Jason Terry in the conference semifinals loss to the Suns. Dampier and Terry were acquired with the money the Mavs wouldn\'t spend on Nash. Nowitzki admitted that he played poorly in the playoffs, and many around the league believe Nowitzki will have difficulty adjusting to new coach Avery Johnson. Johnson wants to implement a more defensive system and use Nowitzki more in the post, where Nowitzki admits he\'s uncomfortable. Plus, Nowitzki was close to former coach Don Nelson and an advocate of Nelson\'s style of play.</P><>So what if the Mavericks could get Kevin Garnett for Nowitzki?</P><>No one has said either team is interested, but the Timberwolves need assets to reconfigure and Cuban is forever tinkering with his team.</P><>Who doesn\'t believe he\'ll make changes again? He practically broke up the team when it went to the conference finals two years ago. One of the reasons Nelson was so willing to leave (after he was assured he\'d be paid) is Nelson couldn\'t believe the team let Nash go, something Nelson and Nowitzki bemoaned during the season.</P><>According to an NBA coaching friend, \"Nellie said, `Can you believe it? Shaq finally leaves and they don\'t keep Nash. If we had Nash and (Antawn) Jamison, we\'d have been something.\'\"</P><P>Don\'t think Nowitzki has forgotten. He never said he wants to leave and has a solid work ethic. He promised to work on his post moves and be better next season. But Dallas always changes, and Minnesota is in need of a change.</P><P>The Timberwolves want Sam Cassell out and perhaps would be willing to do a sign-and-trade deal with Latrell Sprewell, who with Garnett would be the defensive-profile players that Johnson would seem to covet. The Timberwolves wouldn\'t exactly be breaking up a championship team.</P><P>Dallas has plenty of assets, and how would Garnett look in a more defensive group with Dampier and Josh Howard?</P><P>How about Garnett, Cassell and Sprewell and make the Mavs take Troy Hudson and his long contract for Nowitzki, Terry, promising rookie Devin Harris, Jerry Stackhouse and perhaps a throw-in or two like rookie Pavel Podkolzin and a No. 1 draft pick? Dallas seemingly would be in position to compete for a championship next season with better defense (something it might want to try against the Suns), while the Timberwolves would have some nice pieces to be competitive because they would still have Wally Szczerbiak, a star in Nowitzki and several good young players to develop.</P><P>Hey, if Shaquille O\'Neal can be traded, anyone can be.
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