Trade: Pacers, Mavs and Hornets
I see what your thinking, but just trust me on this: Both Kidd and Nowitski will retire as Mavs. Mark Cuban loves Nowitski too much to trade him, Nowitski loves the Mavs too much to leave, and Kidd doesn't have a bad thing to say about the Mavs either, so I really don't see either of them leaving until they retire. That could be next year, but who knows.
I know its possible that both Dwill and Dwight come to Dallas, but I don't think it will happen. I could see one player going there, Dwight, but not both of them. To me getting both of them to sign with the Mavs in free agency 2012 is just a fans dream and will not happen.
I do see Eric Gordon coming to Indiana next year especially if he is not liking the rebuilding process the Hornets are going to be in for quite awhile. But I don't think its quite yet time for the Hornets to deal Gordon and try to get something before he leaves. Gordon is hurt right now, and likely won't be back until at least another 2 weeks. I say see what Gordon can give you once he comes back. See if he can stay healthy until the trade deadline and then try and deal him in order to not suffer horribly. Swapping Granger for Gordon would be great for both teams. Gordon gets to go to his birthstate, Indy gets to start George, and Gordon will start winning again like he was hoping to do with the Clippers before getting dealt for CP3 along with Aminu, and Kaman. The Hornets also get a nice shooter and player in Granger and at least get a good player to start the rebuilding phase with. Doing the trade right now though would not work because Eric Gordon is hurt right now, and the Pacers will not be very happy dealing Granger (one of their best players) for a guy who is not even going to start playing for at least 2 more weeks. (he has only played two games this entire season!) Right now it just isn't worth it for the Pacers. The Pacers might even be better off just signing him in free agency especially if Gordon is unhealthy for the entire year which is a likely possibility.
Now the one thing I don't understand is Indy dealing George Hill and Tyler Hansbrough. If Hill is from Indy and he has the state tatooed on him then why would he leave. More importantly why would Indy give him up? They can use him as a quality sixth man. Honestly which lineup looks better: Collison, Gordon, George, Nowitski, Hibbert with West as a sixth man or Collison, Gordon, George, West, Hibbert, with Hansbrough, and George as quality bench players. Either one of them could be the sixth man. I'd pick the second one in a heartbeat. Indy really likes Hansbrough, because he plays hard, and does exactly what Coach Vogel asks of him. He knows his role and does a good job doing it, why not keep him?
Hornets: Paul George, Hansbourgh, Pacers 2012 first round pick
Pacers: Dirk Nowitzki, Gordon
Dallas: Granger, George Hill
Dirk for Granger and George Hill... It works in the machine and makes makes Indiana a contender this year and allows for Dallas to have the cap room for DWill and D12. Larry Bird would love Dirk and it seems Granger is the unwanted piece in Indy. A big 3 of Granger, D12 and DWill makes a lot sense. A penetrating, all everything point guard, a sharp shooter and the most physically talented player besides Lebron to clean up. To me basketball skill set wise it would be the easiest to coach big 3. George Hill is from Indy and has the state tattooed on him and its rumored they will go hard for Eric Gordon, also from Indy this off season. I added Paul George to the Hornets and Gordon to the Pacers. This is pipe dream but why not. New Orleans gets a young SG with loads of potential for Gordon without injuries. Dallas would get its first round pick top 20 protected for L.A. They would get a lottery pick because they would suck post trade but could get Terrance Ross at 13 or as high as Brad Beal at 8. http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=843c8bu