Aside from the playoffs, this is my favorite time of the NBA year. ESPN.com has a very useful little tool, the trade machine, and it also shows how it could possibly affect the win column, tabulating the increase or decrease in projected wins as a result of the trade. I came up with 4 trades that would seriously help Dallas in their playoff push.
Dampier, Stackhouse, and Wright to Phoenix for Shaq. It results in a 4 win gain for Dallas, and 5 more losses for Phoenix, which would knock them out of the playoff hunt most likely.
Dampier and Wright to Toronto for Chris Bosh. A whopping +7 for Dallas and -8 for Toronto, who was going in the tank this year anyway.
Jason Kidd to the Clippers for Baron Davis and Marcus Camby would result in 3 gained wins for Dallas, and 7 lost wins for the Clippers.
Dampier and Wright to Chicago for Gooden and Ben Gordon, which would net 6 more wins for Dallas and 3 more losses for Chicago.
