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Devean George, You are Delusional
Posted February 14th ago via AOL Fanhouse
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There was some confusion last night, so let's clear up what allowed Devean George to block the Jason Kidd trade: George is on a one-year deal, and Dallas has his Bird rights, which means the Mavericks would not be limited by the salary cap in terms of resigning him this summer. If George is traded midseason, Dallas nor New Jersey would have his Bird rights, and George would just be an unrestricted free agent. Thus, he can decline a trade. (Vlad Radmanovic was in a similar situation a few years ago; he could have blocked his trade to the Clippers, but did not. Despite no one having his Bird rights, he got the full midlevel from the Lakers.)

For Devean's Bird rights to matter, he'd need to be a good player. He is making $2 million this year. I think that is a good sign his skills are not in terrible demand around the league. With no Bird rights, any team over the cap can still sign George to either a portion of the midlevel exception (up to about $6 million) or the bi-annual veteran's exception (less than $2 million). Very few teams used their entire midlevel last summer. Even Isiah Thomas didn't use his...

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