Donuts: Time For Donnie's Predicted '3-For-1 Deal'?

Monday Morning Donuts … After a week in which Joe Wilson, Peter Vecsey, Kanye West, Michael Jordan and Serena Williams all engaged in violent attacks against a microphone, it was rather soothing to have Uncle Wade lull us to sleep with a nice, boring, Cowboys-winning, postgame press conference, eh? ... Oh, and you will recall this July 31 DB.com quote from Donnie: "We could end up doing some sort of a 3-for-1 trade that changes the makeup of the roster'' ...

   DONUT 1: James Singleton is ready to sign his QO and stay with the Mavs, says Sefko.

   DONUT 2: As I noted Sunday, the roster is overloaded with guaranteed contracts. Mathematics alone make it obvious that Dallas is trying to move The Buck Shot in a deal that would shed the Mavs of two guys in exchange for one, or something along those lines. Remember what Donnie told me not too long ago about wanting to do a “3-for-1 deal’’ somewhere.

   DONUT 3: A 3-for-1 deal gets the Mavs from 17 to 15. This is no scoop and it’s not especially insightful; again, Donnie has come right out and said it, and why not? It’s simple math. So, of course, is the exercise in adding up who Dallas would like to ship out.

   DONUT 4: By the way, I think it’s “nice’’ of the Mavs to consider the possibility of releasing Greg Buckner before his Nov. 30 contract-expiration date so he can increase his chances of playing elsewhere.

   DONUT 5: The DB.com Store’s Dirk September Special: Order A DB.com T-Shirt And Be Eligible To Win A Nowitzki Jersey! Check out the DB.com and order now!

   DONUT 6: Ben Roethlisberger played on Thursday, which freed him up to watch games on Sunday. And I know one thing he DID NOT do: He DID NOT ask a woman to come upstairs to fix his TV.

   DONUT 7: Of my Vikings, it will be said that “QB Brett Favre is like a kid out there.’’ But more importantly, I will say that “RB Adrian Peterson is like a MAN out there.’’

   DONUT 8: My man Ryan at MavCowTickets has his EBay auction up and running: Mavs tickets with the bidding starting at 99 cents! I know a bunch of you have already taken advantage of this – to the point where you’ve really gotten Mavs game tickets for less than a buck – now go take advantage of Ryan again!

    On some of the tickets, the auction is down to its last day ... so now is the time to check 'em out!

   DONUT 9: Another edition of “If I Were A Player’s Agent/Dad/Friend/Advisor’’: So Bonzi Wells is out of work and trying to communicate to the Heat his desire to be employed there. How does he communicate that desire? With the following tweet:

   DONUT 10: Jay Leno on the NBC halftime show with Bob Costas … and Leno was easily the second-funniest of the two.

   DONUT 11: Josh Smith vows to quit shooting 3’s. Weird.

   DONUT 12: GregOstertag wants to return to the NBA. But the DFW-area native isn’t on the radar of anybody at Mavs HQ, unless you count Linda Carter. Mrs. C always loved Greg.

   DONUT 13: In the last 20 years, I’ve attended, what? Maybe 300 Cowboys games? And I have yet to see Emmitt Smith out in the parking lot tailgaitin’ and grillin’ pork. So I’ll have to take his word for it.