Jason Kidd a Maverick, once again. OR IS HE??

Jason Kidd to the Mavericks? Good for Jason, good for San Antonio, bad for the Mavericks. The trade is done, and it will be Jason Kidd going to Dallas with teammate Malik Allen, while Dallas sends Jerry Stackhouse, Devin Harris, DeSagana Diop, Devean George and Maurice Ager. The Nets also receive 2 first round picks and $3 million cash money. So far, CBS is reporting its a done deal, while ESPN has yet to pull the trigger on confirming it.

Why is this bad for Dallas? You are giving up a valuable 6th man in Stackhouse, a solid playmaking PG in Harris, a very annoying (editor opinion) center with Diop, and 2 players who don't really factor in to the Mavericks corps of players for an aging, expensive point guard and a roster filling power forward.

So Dallas will likely field a lineup of Kidd, Jason Terry, Josh Howard, Dirk "Caveman" Nowitzki and Erick Dampier. They will still have Eddie Jones and Brandon Bass off the bench, but not much after that. New Jersey, in exchange, gets an entirely new team.

The trade will cost Dallas 23% of its' total point production on the season, and a player with 105 offensive rebounds (Diop), good for 2nd on the roster. Diop also leads the Mavericks with 61 blocked shots. Harris currently leads the team in steals (56) and assists (206). Those are easy stats for Kidd to surpass, but Harris is much better at shooting this year. Kidd is hitting on 36.6% of his shots, a huge drop off from the 48.3% clip Harris hits.

As a Spurs fan, I am loving this trade. Diop, Harris and Stackhouse seem to hurt the Spurs a lot when they play, while Kidd didn't put up much resistance during San Antonio's 2003 title run.

Cuban may have really screwed up this team's chance in the playoffs. I just don't see Jason Kidd providing more than the players he is replacing.

I give this trade a C- grade.

CBS

UPDATE:

Devean George apparently initiated his no-trade clause, derailing the entire trade. Dallas and New Jersey are most likely going to have to figure out another package that doesn't include George.