In a 4-team transaction, Dallas received draft rights to Tadija Dragicevic; cash; $8.9M trade exception and sent Lamar Odom; draft rights to Shan Foster.
The Mavericks traded Lamar Odom to the Los Angeles Clippers after his difficult 2011-12 stay in Dallas. Rather than receive a replacement star, Dallas prioritized removing the salary and moving forward with a new roster plan. The four-team exchange also brought the Mavericks the rights to Tadija Dragićević, cash from Houston and an approximately $8.9 million trade exception from Utah.
Odom returned to the franchise that drafted him, giving Los Angeles another versatile veteran frontcourt option alongside its established core. The cost involved routing guard Mo Williams to Utah and sending the draft rights of Furkan Aldemir to Houston. The Clippers valued the possibility of Odom recovering his prior form rather than retaining a crowded guard arrangement.
The Jazz obtained Williams, an established NBA guard, and sent the rights to Dragićević to Dallas; they also supplied the trade exception used to facilitate the transaction. Houston received the rights to Aldemir and supplied cash. Those were separate outcomes that made the multi-club construction possible, not invisible bookkeeping entries to be dismissed.
For Dallas, exiting Odom’s commitment carried practical roster and cap value even though the incoming player rights were speculative. The Clippers accepted the performance risk associated with an older player whose recent season had gone badly. Utah acquired a proven guard, while Houston’s rights were less immediate. This was primarily a roster-utility exchange rather than a blockbuster whose winner hinges on an eventual All-Star.
Slight Mavericks Edge. Dallas shed Odom, added cash and obtained trade-exception flexibility; the Clippers assumed the performance gamble. Utah’s acquisition of Mo Williams also had real basketball value, so the overall result is modest rather than a sweeping Dallas victory.