The Jason Kidd Saga: Devean George Blocks Kidd Trade!!!

[NapoleonII]

Wow, what a way to mess with your players heads a couple months before the playoffs start.

[SashAlex]

I think Devean hasn't forgotten where he belongs to !

[-SDU-]

What's more, he said, "I feel great. I get 30 days to rest then I'll be right back. I ain't going nowhere."


The NBA doesn't allow such prearranged agreements. The rest of the league is required to have a fair chance to sign Stackhouse in the 30 days before he is eligible to re-sign with the Mavericks. It doesn't help appearances that Stackhouse and Kidd share the same agent, Jeff Schwartz. When several league executives read Stackhouse's comments on Wednesday, they were irate and privately promised to protest if Stackhouse ends up passing on leaguewide offers and returns to the Mavericks.

Between now and next Thursday's trade deadline, the Nets and Mavericks are exploring scenarios that still include George and a sign-and-trade with Keith Van Horn, but the Stackhouse case could make everything else irrelevant. Across the league, there's a belief that Stackhouse revealed too much with his words and the NBA plans to take a hard look and ask the obvious question: Is there strong enough evidence of a pre-existing agreement between the Mavericks and Stackhouse that deserves punishment? If they league decides there is, and refuses to let him re-sign with the Mavericks, the results could be devastating for Dallas.

No trade.

No Kidd.

It would be a steep price to pay for the loose lips of Jerry Stackhouse

personally i WANT this trade to go through, but part of me likes seeing cuban get screwed over from what he wants too

im happy either way now

[rsavaj]

lol this entire thing is getting more messy

[mkot]

Yea, I love the spin/damage control by Cuban now. He said he's not "excited" about the trade and he was just ready to sign off an a 20mil a year extension for Kidd because he's a nice guy. LOL. Keep kidding yourself Cuban. You really think Kidd @ 20mil per is better than Nash @ 13mil per and Kidd is a nicer guy than Nash is. Right.

[-SDU-]

anyone else hear the rumours that if the trade DOES go through the mavs are going after kurt to replace diop as backup C?

that would hurt, losing diop is awesome because they need to defend amare and shaq, but adding kurt counters that for sure

[dm17415]

anyone else hear the rumours that if the trade DOES go through the mavs are going after kurt to replace diop as backup C?

that would hurt, losing diop is awesome because they need to defend amare and shaq, but adding kurt counters that for sure

Who are the Mavs trading for KT?