More Trades That Don't Make Sense

Here's one for you:

Charlotte Bobcats have traded Matt Carroll and Ryan Hollins to the Dallas Mavericks for DeSagana Diop.

Not so sure about this trade, but I haven't been sure on almost any of the trades this entire season.  Mavs signed Diop to a full MLE this summer because they wanted his length and defensive capabilities, which, they don't want anymore, because... Erick Dampier is playing awesome?.  Apparently Matt Carroll is supposed to be Dallas's answer from long-range.  Beyond Dallas throwing gobs of money at Diop, for basically no reason (well now apparently for Matt Carroll), this trade makes no sense for Charlotte either.  Yes, you get a true center to play next to Okafor (wait, wasn't Nazr Mohammed a true center, and averaging like 19 and 12 when starting next to Okafor?), but I don't see how Diop and Okafor on the floor at the same time works.  You now have 2 defensive-minded bigs.  Ok, Okafor kind of has an offensive game, but still, it's like a poor man's Ben Wallace and Tyson Chandler starting frontcourt, do you really expect to get a lot of points from that?  Really?  Another trade that doesn't make sense.  

Maybe the trade was for Hollins...  I did some research.  He's averaging a career high 3.6 points, and 2 rebounds in a career high 10 minutes per game.  Of course, he's only actually played a little over half of the games so far in the season.