THE CRUCIFIX: Cato: Wood isn't thrilled w/ his role...Will depart in the summer

[omahen]

To dump four expiring contracts that had no possibility of getting minutes for an expiring player that no one else wanted that could get minutes.  It was a good trade because they got to kick the tires on Wood for virtually free.

The trade would be good, if they would actually want Wood. Wood in Dallas was exactly the same as he was in Detroit and Houston. Yet Mavs were dissapointed and wanted a different player. That is why I don't understand why they made the trade. 

You don't need to burn a first round pick to dump four small contracts. Actually, the alternative was keep the pick, use cash and perhaps a second rounder to dump three contracts. Or just eat some salary, as they were all expiring. 

And why did they even need to dump them? To sign McGee? If they wouldn't hand out stupid contracts in the first place (Bobi, for example), they wouldn't even need to dump them.