It's Finally Done

One really funny note from Cuban's blog : "The difficult. Saying goodbye to Devin, Gana and Trenton. All 3 are great guys in every way...I also think this will be a great chance for Mo Ager to start fresh."

Not so much Ager love huh? I guess they wanted Less Ager!!!!!! hahahahahahahahhahaahahahah!

I'm hilarious

**Sorry. This entire situation has driven me insane.**

I love the Mavericks for their player development philosophy and progressive attitudes in every facet of the game as much as for their success, or affinity for players, or Avery, or the fact that their my home town team.

I love the Mavs. I will always love the Mavs. It angers me when I see something that I've invested so much emotionally in doing something that hurts it.

Jason Kidd is at best a small marginal upgrade at PG and quite possibly a small downgrade. This teams' offense was an elite unit...when everyone was healthy.

January 27th may be the worst day in recent Maverick history. On that day Devin Harris got hurt.

Stack, Damp, Josh, Diop, and Dirk have all missed time and/or been at <100% for almost all of the time between now and then. Since that time Dallas has struggled some on the court. The half court offense has stagnated with JJB running the point. Defense has suffered. There has seemed to be less joy. LA and Pheonix both made splashy moves that got the talking heads on ESPN gushing about their new improved - or "improved" in the case of the Suns' - rosters and all but gaven them the trophy.

I believe Cuban and Donnie and the rest of the Mavs brass got suckered into making a panic move. At least half of the top 8 guys were banged up or MIA, they didn't play as well as they are capable - but still better than anyone in Miami or New York or half a dozen other NBA cities wish their teams could play - they wanted to get back into the limelight.

More from Cubes, "I think the spark and excitement that JKidd will bring is more than just what his talent offers. There is a reason why Kobe and Lebron were lobbying management to bring JKidd in. We think he will recharge the batteries of not just our players, but the organization, fans, media and even merchandise and advertising sales."

I'm not mad at Cuban for saying that. He's a business man so of course this a good short term move for him.

I can't just look at the trade with those green colored glasses though.

The idea that once the deal Mavs and Nets played just the tip with the deal, and it was reported as "imment" that they couldn't go back. I call bullshit. Mo Ager is the only guy in the deal that hasn't been traded in his career...is it really going to effect his game that much?

Maybe Devin sulked upon first hearing the news. Would you want a leader on your team to be happy about going from a team with a legit shot of winning it all to a team where the 6K fans in their old high school gym every night are just wondering about ping pong balls? He's a pro, he could have been just fine back here. Pandora's box wasn't opened. Ask Tony Parkder how it feels to be a young PG on a championship level team and your organization almost bring in Jason Kidd to usurp you.

I love Jason Kidd. I honestly think that he may be the greatest point guard of all time, at least top 3 and in the discussion. He's unquestionablly the best all around 1 of my generation. Him being a former Mav I got to see him up close at the beginning of his career and have followed him closely ever since.

He's a much better passer than Devin. But that's the only spot where we can expect a huge improvement. J-Kidd is the best rebounding PG who's not 6'9'' of all time, but almost all of those boards are defense and Dallas is a really good defensive rebounding team. Maybe loosing Diop - a fantastic rebounder - the Mavs will send Dirk upcourt faster leaving open boards for Kidd to try and start a fast break. Do you really think Avery is going to tell Dirk not to rebound? Me either. Kidd's rebounding numbers are already way down since Josh Boone has been back in the lineup; without him NJ was one of the worst rebounding teams in the league...lots of loose boards for Kidd to pick up.

As bad a shooter as Harris is, Kidd is worse. He releases the ball too low and too far out in front of him, he has a line drive stroke that has always kept down his FG%. Kidd doesn't have the speed to drive past really quick guards anymore, so people leave him space to brick 20 footers. Kidd is still a good defender but will have problems against the Tony Parkers, Chris Pauls, and Steve Nashs of the world. He can D up bigger guards like nobody's business and post up smaller guards offensivley but the Mavs just traded away the best defensive 1 in the league for a guy who was better...5 years ago. Kidd's turnover rate has spiked significantly this year.

Maybe Jason will hope in the 'Juvination Machine and be amped up to play D against the elite guards in the West. Maybe Dallas will get out and run more, and actually be able to run a pick and roll in a halfcourt set. Maybe Kidd will hit those shots in clutch times like he's done so often before. Maybe his playoff savy-ness and guts and heart and determination and sheer strength of will will take this team to the promise land. Maybe Dallas has another trade in the shadows to bring in some depth on the front line, a defensive presense down low. I sure hope.

But I wouldn't have traded a 24 year old PG who's one of the top 6-7 in the league with potential to be top 3 AS WELL AS my best low post defender - in the conference where I could concievably have to play some combination of David West, Tyson Chandler, Carlos Boozer, Amare, Shaq, Bynum, Gasol, and Tim Duncan just to get to the finals - AND two first round picks just to find out when my team was already championship caliber and my window in which I could realistically win it all was at least 3 years longer before the trade than after.