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Taken from ESPN's Trade Machine.
RUMOR: Kidd headed to Mavs
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Taken from ESPN's Trade Machine.
Jechtsphere
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If I'm the mavs, the players who rejected it don't get to play anymore lol
Kingfanpaul
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You mean poor new jersey nets, they were getting a steal!
DocHolliday
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Thanks.
Andriod_KiNg
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so George plays tonight, he goes 0-11, 0-2 fts, for 0 points... man this is all just fun 
Gargamel
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He said he'll be the bad guy. This is more moxy than Devean ever showed on the court.
League to look at Stackhouse's comments
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-stackhousesnag021508&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
NEW ORLEANS – As the New Jersey Nets and Dallas Mavericks feverishly worked to convince Devean George to join in the trade for Jason Kidd on Thursday, there suddenly loomed another issue that could obliterate the proposed deal: the loose lips of Jerry Stackhouse.
The NBA will investigate the possibility the Mavericks and Stackhouse violated league rules with a prearranged agreement for the forward to return to Dallas after reaching a contract buyout in New Jersey and sitting out the 30-day waiting period, sources said. Several league sources said the NBA will consider forbidding Stackhouse to re-sign with the Mavericks this season as punishment for public comments the forward made on Wednesday that suggested tampering could have occurred.
If it comes to that, the deal is dead. Dallas owner Mark Cuban wouldn't complete the trade for Kidd without a belief that he could bring back Stackhouse this season. Ultimately, sources say, Mavericks management decided that losing Stackhouse would be too hard of a hit to the Mavericks' depth, too steep a price to pay for Kidd.
For the Mavericks, the trouble started when Stackhouse, 33, gave an interview to the Associated Press on Wednesday that suggested there was a plan for how his trade, buyout and eventual re-signing with Dallas would unfold. Stackhouse said that he was only part of the deal "to make the numbers work."
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."
Even if George changes his mind on Friday about agreeing to waive his "Early Larry Bird Rights" and accept the trade to New Jersey, sources said the league office will not immediately approve the trade. With angry rival executives across the league expressing outrage over Stackhouse's comments, as well as the NBA's own issues and suspicions with the comments, senior VP of basketball operations Stu Jackson is obligated to look deeper into the matter.
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.
"It sounds like a side deal, doesn't it?" one Eastern Conference executive said. "The league will have a lot of explaining to do if Stackhouse goes back to Dallas."
Another general manager said, "I thought it was the most blatant statement someone could make about a trade. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the league disallowed Stackhouse to go back to Dallas. Stackhouse is too impulsive and is prone to say stuff like that which could really end up hurting Dallas."
Finally, a third GM said, "It's caused a lot of people to wonder how they could get away with that, how those kind of pre-existing arrangements can be allowed."
For now, it is clear the trade that would send Kidd and Malik Allen to Dallas for George, Stackhouse, Devin Harris, DeSagana Diop and Maurice Ager, two first-round picks and $3 million is stuck. Before the Mavericks' 109-97 loss to the Suns in Phoenix on Thursday night, agent Mark Bartelstein insisted that his client hadn't changed his mind about vetoing his trade to the Nets.
"There's nothing new," Bartelstein said. "Right now, he's just focusing on playing for 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.
Adrian Wojnarowski is the NBA columnist for Yahoo! Sports. Send Adrian a question or comment for potential use in a future column or webcast.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-stackhousesnag021508&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
NEW ORLEANS – As the New Jersey Nets and Dallas Mavericks feverishly worked to convince Devean George to join in the trade for Jason Kidd on Thursday, there suddenly loomed another issue that could obliterate the proposed deal: the loose lips of Jerry Stackhouse.
The NBA will investigate the possibility the Mavericks and Stackhouse violated league rules with a prearranged agreement for the forward to return to Dallas after reaching a contract buyout in New Jersey and sitting out the 30-day waiting period, sources said. Several league sources said the NBA will consider forbidding Stackhouse to re-sign with the Mavericks this season as punishment for public comments the forward made on Wednesday that suggested tampering could have occurred.
If it comes to that, the deal is dead. Dallas owner Mark Cuban wouldn't complete the trade for Kidd without a belief that he could bring back Stackhouse this season. Ultimately, sources say, Mavericks management decided that losing Stackhouse would be too hard of a hit to the Mavericks' depth, too steep a price to pay for Kidd.
For the Mavericks, the trouble started when Stackhouse, 33, gave an interview to the Associated Press on Wednesday that suggested there was a plan for how his trade, buyout and eventual re-signing with Dallas would unfold. Stackhouse said that he was only part of the deal "to make the numbers work."
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."
Even if George changes his mind on Friday about agreeing to waive his "Early Larry Bird Rights" and accept the trade to New Jersey, sources said the league office will not immediately approve the trade. With angry rival executives across the league expressing outrage over Stackhouse's comments, as well as the NBA's own issues and suspicions with the comments, senior VP of basketball operations Stu Jackson is obligated to look deeper into the matter.
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.
"It sounds like a side deal, doesn't it?" one Eastern Conference executive said. "The league will have a lot of explaining to do if Stackhouse goes back to Dallas."
Another general manager said, "I thought it was the most blatant statement someone could make about a trade. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the league disallowed Stackhouse to go back to Dallas. Stackhouse is too impulsive and is prone to say stuff like that which could really end up hurting Dallas."
Finally, a third GM said, "It's caused a lot of people to wonder how they could get away with that, how those kind of pre-existing arrangements can be allowed."
For now, it is clear the trade that would send Kidd and Malik Allen to Dallas for George, Stackhouse, Devin Harris, DeSagana Diop and Maurice Ager, two first-round picks and $3 million is stuck. Before the Mavericks' 109-97 loss to the Suns in Phoenix on Thursday night, agent Mark Bartelstein insisted that his client hadn't changed his mind about vetoing his trade to the Nets.
"There's nothing new," Bartelstein said. "Right now, he's just focusing on playing for 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.
Adrian Wojnarowski is the NBA columnist for Yahoo! Sports. Send Adrian a question or comment for potential use in a future column or webcast.
Ryle
Starter
I heard Stackhouse backtrack a little on the radio yesterday saying he didn't realize he would be a free agent and be able to sign with any team....what an idiot.
One other point is that I don't think Stackhouse would be available for the playoffs for Dallas. I'm pretty sure you have to be on the roster as of March 1st to be eligible and if he would have to wait 30 days to re-sign that would put it in mid-March.
Mavs did the same thing with Alan Henderson a couple years ago. He was traded to Milwaukee in some deal and was then waived and re-signed by the Mavs.
nbrans
All-Star
This is completely ridiculous -- if they don't want a free agent to come back to their old team, then CHANGE THE RULE to make it more strict. Who cares if there's a quid pro quo in place? Other teams are free to offer Stackhouse more money after he's bought out. If he wants to go back to Dallas let him. 30 days seems like an appropriate penalty.
The NBA is so idiotic sometimes.
The NBA is so idiotic sometimes.
It's not about him going back to his old team. It's about the side deal that the Mavs would include him in the trade only if the Nets would agree to release him so he could go back. That's against League rules. That's Joe Smith type stuff.
I've been impressed with the way Kidd has been playing since he asked to be traded. He's been hitting jumpers from all over the floor, triple double every other night, just doggin' whoever he's playing against. Very impressive.
But we all know that Jason Kidd isn't a good shooter, and that's what allowed the players that tradepeja mentioned to play at a high level into their mid- to late-30's, is their jumpshot (or sky hook, in Kareem's case). Even Stockton, who wasn't a scorer, was able to run the pick and roll effectively because he was a threat from the perimeter. Kidd doesn't have that advantage.
I don't think he'll continue to play at his current level for any longer than three seasons, max. And if the Mavs don't win a championship in that time, then this will have been a pretty bad trade for them.
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