Loose Lips sink ships. The NBA might not allow the Jason Kidd trade to happen because of Jerry Stackhouse’s recent comments (“I ain’t going nowhere”), or possibly, not allow Stack to resign with the Mavs this season.
Word is Jerry Stackhouse would be bought out by the New Jersey Nets if the Kidd trade goes through. Stack still has some game left in him, to the tune of 10 points, a few rebounds, and a few assists per game, so he’d sit out his 30 days (by league rules) and then sign with someone else. He still wants to play, and he would get signed, this much is certain.
NBA rules prohibit teams from making side deals in these kinds of situations. Other teams must be allowed to talk with bought out players if they are inclined to do so.
But as it turns out the team who is employing him now would be interested in employing him then, and I don’t see what the big deal is. Perhaps other teams would be interested, and you think he wouldn’t listen? But where Stack wants to play is totally up to him. If he doesn’t want to move his family to another team, and he wants to stay and play for a contender at a price cut, that’s his decision. The league shouldn’t intervene here, I don’t think anything wrong has been done.
I would be upset if it came out that Dallas and he had already worked out the numbers for the deal, which wouldn’t be in either party’s favor anyway not knowing his open market value. But as long as no side deal has been officially reached, what’s the harm in conversation? If another NBA team called up Stack’s agent today and said “Hey, if thing goes through we’re interested” would that be against the rules, maybe it is, but if so, it’s a waste of everyone’s time.
The biggest travesty here would be if the NBA actually blocked the trade, blocking Kidd from a possible rejuvenation and one of the most entertaining offenses in basketball this season. Let’s at least make it interesting.
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