Posts tagged ‘Mavericks’

• Pietrus is telling everyone who will listen that he wants out - now. Geoff Lepper of the SJ Merc tells the world of Peety’s woes:

“I want to be moved,” said Pietrus, who will be an unrestricted free agent after this season and has no plans of returning to Oakland. “I want to be traded.”

The 6-foot-6, 215-pound Pietrus said he was frustrated at having to play out of position at power forward and even occasionally at center since Stephen Jackson took over as the starter at small forward in January 2007.

• The Warriors’ hype staff has a very active YouTube account. They added this Monta Ellis feature yesterday. Being interviewed by FSN Bay Area’s Matt Steinmetz, Monta answers questions about his ascension, his preseason injury and refers to himself in the third person like a real pro.

• Jerry Brown of Phoenix’s East Valley Tribune ponders on why the Warriors are a bad match up for the Suns tonight, as well as letting us know about Shaq’s status (no debut until Thursday):

“They are really the small-ball team in the league right now,” Nash said. “We’re not the same anymore, if we ever were. They’ve taken it to another extreme. If we were way liberal, they’re even more liberal. They’re getting red.”

• Speaking of Shaq, here’s a video of him and Bill Walton putting each other on blast about injuries, hypocrisy, and being “an insult to people who think” as found by Ball Don’t Lie/The Basketball Jones’ JE Skeets.

• Finally, in a mortal enemy may be getting stronger news, Marc Stein of ESPN reports that Jason Kidd is most likely headed to the Mavs:

“Although sources say that the teams are still sorting out final details, this deal was described as “imminent” by multiple sources close to the process after negotiations moved to an advanced stage Tuesday night. The deal — salvaged from talks on a three-way trade with Portland that developed and fizzled quickly two weeks ago — has Dallas sending 24-year-old point guard Devin Harris, veteran swingman Jerry Stackhouse, the expiring contracts of center DeSagana Diopand swingman Devean George and guard Maurice Ager to New Jersey for Kidd and forward Malik Allen.

Sources say Dallas will also add the league-maximum $3 million in cash and send its first-round draft pick this June as well as a first-rounder in 2010.”