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Special edition of your morning Mavericks issues: Would you want Marcus Smart, and at what price?

SAN FRANCISCO - OK, here's your special trade-deadline edition of second-chance points. We normally reserve these for the morning after Mavericks losses (or wins, on occasion). But this is way more important. So here we go.

Smart money: OK, Marcus Smart is not a perfect player. He's got a legendary temper and he is a terrible shooter. But the kid from Flower Mound Marcus has a lot of other things going for him, on top of not yet reaching his 24th birthday. So here's the deal. Would you trade Wesley Matthews, who is eight years older at 31 and a far better player at this stage of his career, for Smart and whatever you could convince the Celtics or a third team to throw into the deal to make the money work?