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[DanSchwartzgan]

I understand the difficulty for the Mavs to make this call.  To me, it all boils down do they think Cisse will ever develop into a quality backup center.   Or even a good third center.   If the answer is yes, I would keep Cisse.

There is no doubt Powell is the better player currently and if they are expecting Powell or Cisse to get real minutes this year, than Powell would be more productive.

The thing that I don't get is Dallas usually does a fairly good job of looking out for the guys it is moving on from.  Waiting until the last minute kind of screws Cisse if it is him.  Rosters will be fairly full and it might be tough to find anything better than a standard contract.  They did pay him a standard contract to put up with being screwed over, but it isn't how they've typically operated.

It makes me wonder if they aren't trying to find a deal that allows them to keep both.  Cisse would be kept as a prospect and Powell kept to fill a current need.  We haven't seen Aldama and won't apparently see Lively anytime soon.  Morez has been battling lower leg issues, so we aren't exactly overflowing at centers who are fully healthy right now.