Mark Cuban: Trying to fix the past.

Jason Kidd is headed to Dallas? Really? I didn't think they had the pieces to get a deal done, then again, I didn't think they would ever give up Devin Harris.

I generally like Mark Cuban. He's outlandish, brazen, thinks he's smarter than most everyone else (he probably is), and stays confident regardless of what's said about him. Considering that, I don't really know why he would do this deal.

To me it feels like he's trying to make up for the one bad business decision he's probably ever made; letting Steve Nash walk. A few years ago Devin Harris was promising enough to make resigning Steve Nash less than mandatory. Sure, there were questions about Nash's health and how many years he had left in him. This, however, won't fix that mistake. It compounds it.

The Nash decision is what economists call a sunk cost. Cuban rolled the dice with Harris and it hasn't worked out too poorly either. Now the player who made Steve Nash expendable is being traded away to bring in a point guard who is the SAME AGE AS STEVE NASH. And doesn't shoot nearly as well. Actually, rebounding aside, he might not do anything as well as Steve Nash. Ok, ok, that's not true, Steve Nash couldn't hold Jason Kidd's jock in a game of spousal abuse.

Now just for the logistics of the trade... if the Mavs aren't able to resign Stackhouse after he's been bought out, then god help them. This could be ugly. The Mavs lose Devin Harris who happens to be the only player on the team who has any prayer of containing those little, fleet footed point guards. That's not that big a deal though, as long as they don't come across Phoenix, San Antonio, Golden State, or Denver in the playoffs (while not a point guard, AI still falls into the little, fleet footed category). No problem, they can still play with LA, Utah.

So the Mavs give up the best defensive point guard on the roster, no big deal, they can still protect the rim when players do get into the lane.

Whoa, giving up Diop too? He's an expiring deal and it's always nice to use those to bring pieces back, but isn't he the only shot blocker on the Mavs? Probably the best interior defender on the team too.

I hope Cuban can spend his way out of this one, because right now it looks like the trade for Jason Kidd just created a team with a handful of very talented pieces without much depth. Hey, it's like Jason Kidd is getting traded from the Nets to the Nets!

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