Jason Kidd non-trade

I wished the Jason Kidd trade actually happened a few days ago.

Damn Devean George and his Bird rights. And damn Stackhouse for his big mouth. Apparently, the plan b/w the Nets and Mavs was for Nets President Thorn to immediately release Stackhouse and put him on waivers. If he cleared, he would return to the Mavs after 30 days.

There were all these direct quotes from Stackhouse about how the trade wasn't such a bad thing for him because all he had to do was sit at home for 30 days and then rejoin the Mavs.

This Stackhouse quote didn't sit well with too many other NBA GMs. It also ticked off Stern who made the decision to block Stackhouse from returning to the Mavs.

I think this is ridiculous. Under NBA rules, a player cannot return to the team that just traded for him until 30 days later. It doesn't actually say that a player or team cannot agree on this arrangement before hand.

If Stern didn't want teams or players to blatantly agree on these kind of deals, then they should spell it out in the rule book or increase the number to 120 days. Then, there's really no issue with the whole release a player, then return to old team problem. If a player is going to sit out 120 days, then let him. It's like he was in jail for 120 days and he's done his time.