Mavs trade Daniels to Pacers for Croshere

Croshere isn't that bad. He gets injured a lot though. He can shoot the 3 and can play inside. Still needs more polish though. Personally, I rather keep Daniels considering I know he's as good as Josh Howard.

It may have been for salary cap reasons; Daniels' contract extends thru 2010 (longer than any Mav but Dampier) at nearly $7 million/year, while Croshere gives them decent productivity (at least equal to Daniels') for one year, and then he's off the books. I think they're gearing up to re-sign Nowitzki next summer with a maximum contract (while still signing players in between -- including maybe a Mike James for the MLE this summer), and Daniels' long and expensive (for his level of play) deal robbed them of that flexibility. His defense will be missed, but he was not worth as much as they were forced to pay him after his great rookie year.

Wow, this was a great pickup for the Mavericks. 7 years ago. Croshere showed potential years ago, and has fallen off the radar the last few years. I guess the Mavs are banking on that upside.

This had to be a cap space move. Croshere does not fit into the Mavs style of play at all. In the meantime I have no idea what the Pacers are doing either, talk about a quick fall from grace.