TRADE
Dallas Mavericks sends: Kenneth Faried and Will Bynum
Houston Rockets sends: Al Jefferson and DJ Augustine
Ohhh, No! I wish Houston hadn't of done that. I really loved the balance of that team.
I think Big Al to Faried is a major downgrade for Houston. A large enough downgrade to take them off my list of title contenders in the West. I was worried something like this would happen with all the criticism Big Al was getting at the PF position.
DJ Augustin to Will Bynum is a small upgrade at backup PG but there is a better backup PG still on the draft board if that was the concern.
I don't really know where Dallas' roster is right now. I liked their team the best before they made either of their two big trades. I thought that first group had the best chemistry and cohesion to it.
Emm, after checking the roster page, I believe the lack of depth at quick forward means Dallas should start Big Al (PF) + Kanter (C) together (not as good as Big Al/Gortat) and keep Kirilenko at SF. Trying to play AK-47 at PF creates too large a liability at SF with Jonas Jerebko.