Can Danny?

I know these are just two examples but sports reporting in Dallas really needs to be revamped. A few weeks ago, a story about Gerald Green and his world of potential ran in a Dallas newspaper. I wrote the author of the piece not to be fooled by Green and that he shouldn't look at a game against the Warriors of all people as a sign of anything to come.

The response? "agree on all of that. He's an incredible tease. But, hey, I need a story."

That was bad but let's be honest, Gerald Green is still an enticing prospect and every great game makes you hope that he's finally putting it together. I can forgive the writer for that although his rationale is weak and he could have as easily written an honest appraisal of Gerald rather than a puff piece.

The latest rumor out of Dallas, however, is just plain ridiculous.

The word is that Dallas is looking to get Chris Paul by taking on New Orleans' two worst contracts along with CP3. This is nearly impossible. The Mavericks are over the cap so it's not like they can absorb salary. They have two guys who are expiring contract, Josh Howard and Jerry Stackhouse (Howard has a team option on his last year so he's techinically expiring). But that's just 17 million. Paul, Peja Stojakovic, and Tyson Chandler make 38 million. In order to make the deal work, the Hornets would have to take back a terrible deal like Erick Dampier or Jason Terry.

So in order to make the deal, the Hornets would have to give up the only guy who really gets people to come out to the arena for a contract that is worse than their two worst and another that's longer than their worst contract. Even if you consider Morris Peterson or James Posey as one of their worst contracts, losing Paul would probably cost the franchise more money than the worst contracts eat up.

Of course, the Dallas sports fans aren't as foolish as their writers think they are and the comments on the article are all mocking the writer for being ignorant.

I thought the Shira Springer era was bad but this is ridiculous.