Jason Kidd Traded to Dallas: The West Just Got Wilder

From: bleacherreport.com
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Pau Gasol to the Lakers, The Big Daddy to the Suns, already old news in the NBA nowadays.

The new news is Jason Kidd to the Dallas Mavericks for the entire Dallas team, at least it seems that way.

Trade goes down and here's the details:

Dallas gets Jason Kidd and Malik Allen

New Jersey gets Devin Harris, Jerry Stackhouse, Diop, Maurice Ager, and Devean George. Plus two number one picks, and Marc Cuban writes a check to the Nets for $3,000,000.

Amazingly, the math works, if you're a billionaire.

It works on the trade machine, but Dallas gets a $4,000,000 increase on the team salary line. Like Marc Cuban cares.

Current team salary of $93 million will go to $97 million. Close to a $25 million lux tax fine. But as Marc says, "its only money, who cares?"

A quick analysis.

New Jersey gets some expiring contracts and a 'budding star' in Devin Harris.

Dallas gets a $20 million 'wilting star' of Jason Kidd.

Cleveland Cav's gets nothing. King James can't be happy.

The Fan analysis.

Dallas fans who have been jealous of the Lakers and Phoenix trades now have their own swap to revel in. I have not looked at the Dallas forums yet, but I can predict some are saying oh no!, while the rest are singing, "Happy Days are here again."

Kidd can still play as he nicely had shown at the FIBA Americas in Las Vegas. He just can't shoot anymore. But does he really have to with Dirk, Howard, and Jason Terry? Getting them the ball, at the right place, and the right time is Kidd's specialty. Jason is still exceptional at moving the ball up the court in transition. Kidd will help these Mavericks.

Keeping up with the Jones?

I know some are wondering, is this a move to keep up with the competition, the Lakers and Suns recent big trades? My take is no. Cuban would've done it anyway. To get by the Spurs, Suns, Lakers, Jazz, Rockets, Nuggets, and Hornets, Cuban needed more team experience. Kidd brings that Old School type of playing the Mav's need to advance.

But the real reason for the trade, is the fear of facing what Mav's fans call the Nemesis. The Spoilers, That Team by the Bay, coached by the clown, Don Nelson, the Golden State Warriors.

It was the  Horror Picture Show of a basket ball series that scared all Dallas Fans in the first round of the playoffs last year. It kept  them under the covers, peeking out on occasion, only to be horrified at the score.

 Avery Johnson can't even speak about the playoff loss from last year. He only shakes and mumbles as he points to the West and says 'Them'.

Now he and the Mavericks have hope. A weapon old for sure, but cagey. Not as quick, but smart, very smart. A weapon that can possibly smote down those Nellies, as they run wild and flood the Arena with those silly up and down, non-basketball court antics.

Will it work? Can Jason Kidd keep up with B.D. Monta, and Captain Action Jackson? Can he restore Dirks Mojo, seemingly lost in the playoffs, and only now starting to come back? And can Jason and the New Argonauts, lead the Mav's by the San Francisco-San Jose-Oakland Warriors? Stay tuned, it may yet be safe for those Mav's fans to come out from under the covers.

It's will cost Marc Cuban money a lot of money for the chance to win. But as Marc says, "its only money. Who cares?"