A swap deal between the Mavericks and Wizards.

Contract, the Washington Wizards, who plays in the league for the NBA with the veteran Gush Howard and three other players from the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for abandoning three players Caron Butler and Brendan Haywood and DeShawn Stevenson, the other party.
The Wizards said in a statement on Saturday that also included Drew Gooden, and James Singleton and Quinton Ross, next to Howard, said Ernie Cranfield President of the Washington Wizards, "this trade gives us a good opportunity to change the future short-and long-term development plans .. we have two goals to obtain the financial flexibility and the introduction of new faces on squad. "
Wizards and occupies last place in the Southeast Division with 17 wins and reached 33 defeat and occupy Dallas (32 victory and the defeat of 20) lead the south-west, but has lost five times in the last seven games.