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Filed under: Nets, Mavericks, NBA Rumors, Dallas, New York

The man named Devean George may have temporarily ruined Jason Kidd's plans, but there are ways the trade can be salvaged.

Keith Van Horn. Taking George out of the equation leaves roughly a $2 million gap in matching salaries which needs to be made up going from Dallas to New Jersey. Mark Cuban's recently rejected the notion he'd sign Van Horn to make a deal solvent, but I'm guessing Cuban didn't expect Devean Freaking George to muck things up either.

Add Trenton Hassell and Antoine Wright to the deal. If the teams feel they need to get this done now, they could offer NJ Trenton Hassell, who might be a bit overpaid and (unfortunately) has a longer deal. Both Dallas and NJ would prefer to use George -- Dallas because Hassell's more vital, NJ because George's off the books this summer. But barring other avenues, Hassell fi...

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