especially Dallas!!! x(
The East is a disgrace enough as it is.
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The trade of Jason Kidd to Dallas has been blocked by Devean George. The Mavs and Nets on Wednesday had reached an agreement in principle sending Kidd to Dallas along with Malik Allen for Devin Harris, Jerry Stackhouse, DeSagana Diop, Maurice Ager, George, $3 million and two first-round picks.Mavs forward George blocks trade of Kidd to Mavs
Updated: February 14, 2008, 3:14 AM ET
DALLAS -- The New Jersey Nets were so convinced they were trading Jason Kidd back to his original team on Wednesday that they held him out of their game in Toronto.
By night's end, New Jersey and the Dallas Mavericks were in limbo, reduced to believing that they will ultimately find a way to convince Mavs reserve forward Devean George to sign off on the deal.
You read right. The same George who recently announced a desire to be traded if his playing time didn't increase in Dallas has taken advantage of a little-known league rule to block this trade, most likely on a temporary basis but potentially for good.
"I don't think the trade is going anywhere," George said, suggesting that the deal will still happen as planned by insisting that he merely wanted to wait for the late-night arrival of agent Mark Bartelstein from Chicago to hear all the details involved before making a binding decision.
"I think it's right there, but it's kind of messed up how all the fingers are pointing at me."
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