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I don't think Kidd was unhappy with Grimes.  I think the roster construction kept him from getting the minutes that his talent warranted (which is why Grimes was potentially unhappy with his role).

I would argue that even if it makes sense to move Grimes, it does not by definition make the move good.  Not only did they give up an asset to make the move (a highly questionable decision) but they also trapped themselves with that trade into not being able to operate in the buyout market or sign someone off the street for more than 10 days.  If Caleb underperforms (assuming he ever gets healthy) or is simply trade fodder in the offseason, then it would be really hard to call this a good move.

I think the FO had Grimes pigeonholed as a small-contract player, and were committed to keeping his minutes and usage low for the event that they still had him in the offseason so they could keep him for cheap. I think the two parties soured more and more on each other as the season wore on.

In any event, Martin was a real D-word for not waiving his trade kicker, if he had any inkling of how that would hurt the Mavs. He's already in Rondo/Tariq Abdul-Wahad territory for me and will have to dig himself out of it.