New Mavs Odom & Carter Eager To Help Defend Title
New Dallas Mavericks Lamar Odom and Vince Carter say they are looking forward to helping Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd defend the NBA championship.
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New Dallas Mavericks Lamar Odom and Vince Carter say they are looking forward to helping Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd defend the NBA championship.
The league said in March that it was considering a concussion policy after a spate of players missing games with concussion-like symptoms, including All-Star Chris Paul.
Vince Carter was a spectator at practice Monday while waiting to formally sign his deal and Lamar Odom hadn't yet arrived after being acquired from the Los Angeles Lakers.
The team announced the deal on Monday. Terms were not released, but Cardinal will likely get the veteran minimum of just over $1.3 million.
The Lakers traded Lamar Odom to the Mavs, which will bring more than a star basketball player to Big D. That's right, Dallas is getting its own Kardashian.
"To be honest with you, I don't like it," Lakers star Kobe Bryant said after teammate Lamar Odom was traded to the Mavs. "It's tough to lose Lamar."
Free agent guard Drew Neitzel has signed with the Dallas Mavericks. The defending NBA champions announced the move Sunday.
Odom goes into a trade exception created when the Mavericks signed and traded center Tyson Chandler to the Knicks in a complicated, three-team deal.
Magic spokesman Joel Glass says the team has granted New Jersey, Dallas and the L.A. Lakers permission to talk to Dwight Howard's agent Dan Fegan to discuss possible trades.
The 6-foot-10 Wright will join a Dallas team losing center Tyson Chandler to the Knicks.
Mavs owner Mark Cuban said the league went through the lockout to prevent this very type of deal in which small-market teams lose their superstars.
A person familiar with the situation says free agent Caron Butler is leaving the Dallas Mavericks to sign with the Los Angeles Clippers.
With owner Mark Cuban trying to clear the salary cap for next offseason, some players are likely to get longer, more lucrative deals elsewhere.
While the Dallas Mavericks' season opener against the Miami Heat was packaged with the welcome news that the NBA lockout had heard its death knell, the league on Tuesday released the team's full 66 game schedule.
Jason Terry has returned to the Dallas Mavericks' practice court for the first time since the team's championship parade in June.
