Devean George of the Dallas Mavericks said, "Fuck that, I'm not going to Jerz!" and who can blame him, New Jersey Sucks and most people from New Jersey suck. For the time being the blockbuster trade between Mavs - Nets has been blocked because Devean Geroge exercised his Larry Bird rights.(defined at the bottom) The trade was originally agreed on a seven-player deal in which Dallas would send 24-year-old point guard Devin Harris, veteran swingman Jerry Stackhouse, center DeSagana Diop, guard Maurice Ager and George -- along with a league-maximum cash inducement of $3 million and two future first-round picks -- to the Nets for Kidd and forward Malik Allen. However, George blocked it. It also seemed like Jerry Stackhouse was going to bought out, too. So when it comes down to it, it would have been just a Kidd for Harris deal. Either way the Mavs are eventually going to have to throw Juwan Howard or Eddie Jones to take Georges spot.
(In a nutshell, the Larry Bird exception allows teams to exceed the salary cap to re-sign their own free agents, at an amount up to the maximum salary. To qualify as a Bird free agent, a player must have played three seasons without being waived or changing teams as a free agent. This means a player can obtain "Bird rights" by playing under three one-year contracts, a single contract of at least three years, or any combination thereof. It also means that when a player is traded, his Bird rights are traded with him, and his new team can use the Bird exception to re-sign him. Bird-exception contracts can be up to six years in length.)
Sources: Wikipedia, ESPN.com
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