Zhang Yang received the news, and after hanging up the phone, his desire to sleep vanished. He turned his computer back on, and Yao Ming and Zhu Fangyu joined in. Even at midnight, domestic sports websites quickly reposted the trade details.
The Mavericks and Pistons made two trades.
The first was a player trade, sending out Harris and Diop, bringing Van Horn out of retirement with a one-year mid-level contract, and acquiring Billups while taking on the Pistons' multi-year mid-level contract given to Juan Dixon last summer.
Harris, in the last year of his rookie contract last season, played 70 games, averaging 15.4 points and 6.5 assists. He reached a 5-year, 48 million renewal with the Mavericks during All-Star weekend, rated as the league's second-best speed-scoring point guard.
