I was just reading about the Jason Kidd trade falling through and where I think it isn't the best trade in the world, I don't think that it should be Devean George who decides whether it goes through or not. Seriously, does a throw in player, a 30 year old, a $2.3 million expiring contract, really have the right to stop an 8 player trade from going through. Thats going to leave a lot of disgruntled players on both sides. You don't think Devin Harris, Stack, and Diop are going to be pissed that they were about to be tossed aside and now they are back where they started. Even George seem rattled about it, shooting 0-11 last night.
I think George is being selfish. I think he thinks he's doing good by stopping the trade because it puts him in a better position to win a championship, but truly it doesn't. Look at the West. In the Mavs current state, they don't stand a chance. And according to ESPN, he's doing it because of money. In George's contract he has a "Larry Bird Right" to which my understanding is where the player can be resigned by the team that they are on and they can go above the salary cap and not take a hit. If he is traded he will lose this right. But if you look at it, George is 30. He is past his prime, this season he is averaging 14 min a game, and this month he is getting about 23 a game, but he is 17-43, and is truly not needed on a team that has Dirk, Josh Howard, and Jason Terry.
Tonight we will really get to see how the fallen through trade has effected the team when Mavs go to Phoenix and play the Suns tonight at 10:30 EST. Also Lost is on tonight so I'm psyched for that.
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so getting a no trade clause and then exercising it because u dont want to live in new jersey is selfish?... When you run the risk of moving across the country and possibly losing money in the future and you have a no trade clause, it's no time to think abot being selfish. And by the way kobe bryant turns 30 this year and he is definitely in his prime.
i understand you point, but i also blame the management in making the idiotic move in letting this guy have a no-trade clause. If he losses money, it wont be more then hundreds of thousands of dollars which by NBA standards is nothing. you cant compare bryant and george. bryant is a player that can consistently put up 30 on you, george has never averaged more then 7.5 points a game in his career and he peeked in '04 when he was on the same team with kobe. I highly doubt that his next contract would be more then the one he has now, he isn't even a $2 mill a year player. He is being selfish where 1 person doesn't want the trade to go through.
there still both in their prime, so devan george will have one of his best years ever even if he doesnt get the minutes, and if you blame the ownership you should of said that in the blog without blaming devan george for doing something that makes a lot of sense for him...and if devan george is only a 2 mil a year player, then losing hundreds of thousands for him is significant and makes strengthens his reasoning for stopping the trade.
*strengthens
If you look at the numbers georges his best year was 2004. and yes a little bit of the blame goes to the ownership. you cant compare the prime an all star to a bench player. and he shouldnt worry about money he should be happy he is still in the nba, playing. The mavs dont even need him, he has only started the past couple games because josh howard is hurt.
im only comparing them because you said devan george was past his prime when he is in his prime which is shown by most nba players whether amazing like kobe or below avg like devan george have one of thier better years when they are 30. In devan george's case prime isnt defined by numbers since he gets inconsitent minutes at best...if the mavs dont need him, they shouldntve signed him, so all the blame goes to manegement/ownership, devan george is just protecting his rights not to loose hundreds of thousands of dollars, which is alot for him.
george gets about 18 min a game for his career. they needed him in 2006, when they gave him a 2 year $4.2 mill deal. they dont need him anymore so they are trading him, and that a 15 min per game player refuses to leave is ridiculous. his selfishness is stopping 2 teams from possibly getting better. and being selfish like hes doing is not going to help his negotiations for a new contract at the end of this year. so in the end he is likely loosing money by holding the trade back.
it's not ridiculous if he's trying to save himself hundreds of thousands of dollars by using a trade clause he got in his contract to stop trades. And it may not help, but there's no reason why this would hurt his future negotiations becasue he's doing nothing wrong by using a trade clause to stop a trade that could cost him a significant amount of money. the only thing it would change is mavs management being more selective with trade clauses.
no matter what hes gonna loose money, people are not going to want a selfish bench player on their team when there are younger more talented players avaliable.
his salary won't be affected by him rejecting the trade because his decision to reject it was valid
it wasn't vaild. it was legal but he is being selfish. who wants a selfish bench player, and who is going to play that player $2.2 million per year. he got lucky with the contract he has now, and he is hurting himself by not going to the Nets where he will get more playing time and be able to prove that he deserves to get paid.
even if he was being selfish with money, teams would still want him because he's not a selfish player on the court, being that his two biggest strengths are perimeter defense and hustle plays which every team needs. He doesn't nned to go somewhere else for more playing time to prove himself since hes a 30 year old established veteran...and what about his family...critisize jkidd before you critisize devan george
players get traded. its part of basketball. hes not gonna get more money if he stays in dallas. also he dont have a family
you delete my commetn casue u no im right
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