Trade Demand: Jason Kidd
This has been brewing all season long. It began with whispers that Jason was upset with the Nets because they had yet to grant him a contract extension; there was the infamous migraine game against the Knicks; and now this: Jason Kidd’s agent, Jeff Schwartz, has reportedly asked the Nets to move the ageless point guard to a contending team before the trade deadline.
The reality of the matter is that it will be nearly impossible to get equal value back for Kidd, thereby making the trade request almost moot.
“Right now things are going very poorly for us,” Thorn said, without specifically addressing the Kidd conundrum. “Historically, those are the times when you don’t get offered what you might consider fair deals. And sometimes you feel that maybe you should do something to do something, but those are the times you have to be very cognizant and careful about what the results of your actions might be.”
New Jersey is stuck between a hard and a hard place: They’re terrible with Jason Kidd on the floor; they’re even worse off with him in a different uniform. There’s no easy solution here.
Though some are saying Kidd could be making a return to the Western Conference when the dust settles, all one knows for sure is that pro basketball relevancy again in the New York/New Jersey area is a long ways away.
83 Responses to “Trade Demand: Jason Kidd”
Jan.28 at 10:02 am
Ryne Nelson says:
First
Jan.28 at 10:06 am
Ryne Nelson says:
It’s very difficult, yes, to trade JKidd. However, as you get closer to the trade deadline, the real interesting and enticing offers start to come. I’m still hopeful Kidd will find a winning team, and the Nets get a reasonable price for him. If the Clippers weren’t so bad, I’d advocate Kidd for Kaman. But there’s no way Kidd would go to the lesser team in town.
Jan.28 at 10:13 am
Keith says:
Rod Thorn needs to make his statement clearer. If he can’t get what he wants he should just come out and say ‘We can’t get sh*t for Kidd and I’m not pleased’.
Jan.28 at 10:15 am
Ryan Jones says:
Cleveland.
Jan.28 at 10:21 am
TADOne says:
My guess is Dallas.
Jan.28 at 10:22 am
Rasheedionics says:
It’d be funny if Kidd gets traded to Western Conference team before the All Star game. Would they still allow him to start for Eastern Conference team?
Jan.28 at 10:23 am
Ryne Nelson says:
No sir, Ryan. That would be tight as hell, but there’s no way NJ takes Z in return….Now if Cleveland gave up Drew and Z, that would be a suitable offer. Yet, that would put Cedris Simmons up as the starting C. It’s a legistical nightmare, like Marcel said.
Jan.28 at 10:24 am
ktokyo says:
I know this won’t happen - but pleeeeaaaaase go to the Lakers!
Jan.28 at 10:24 am
Ryne Nelson says:
Right?! It would be another Iverson situation if he gets dealt to another conference…And then yet another undeserving Eastern G will make the team and another deserving Western G won’t.
Jan.28 at 10:25 am
TADOne says:
Good point Sheed. I wonder what the rule is on that?
Jan.28 at 10:30 am
Ryne Nelson says:
I’d assume Stern would announce a replacement.
Jan.28 at 10:31 am
dr doom says:
he can go to miami or bobcats
Jan.28 at 10:31 am
Ryan Jones says:
I didn’t mean I thought it was likely, Sandberg. That’s just what I’m hoping for.
Jan.28 at 10:33 am
Ryne Nelson says:
Ryan. Haha! You know that’s my guy! Named after him after all!
Jan.28 at 10:34 am
Ryne Nelson says:
As a matter of fact, I think it is likely JKidd will get dealt before the deadline. I’ve emailed Peter Vescey who’s got a pretty good inside with the team, and he says the Nets are pretty much set on dealing their boy before the deadline. Not like he’s the final say, by any means, but I got to trust the word from someone…sometime!
Jan.28 at 10:37 am
dr doom says:
let he wait for his free agent period and let he choose for him self,but i see him better in a miami joursey.
Jan.28 at 11:00 am
Tarzan Cooper says:
should be interesting
Jan.28 at 11:24 am
BETCATS says:
lakers or bobcats
Jan.28 at 11:36 am
white hot eboy says:
Cavs or Lakers.
Jan.28 at 11:45 am
Madtice says:
No way in this or another world that’ll happen, but still.
Boston… There’s a green monster for you… Send him to Boston for Posey, Perkins and Rondo…
Jan.28 at 11:52 am
Ben Collins says:
Show me in him in Dallas, please. This would about make my century.
Jan.28 at 11:53 am
BETCATS says:
if he goes to the Lakers for Vlad Rad, Some First Round Picks, Mihm, Farmar, Crinterton, and some other pieces. If LA can Keep L.O, Kobe, and Andrew Bynum and get Kidd LA = Contenders.
Jan.28 at 11:53 am
BETCATS says:
miami could use him, or anything at this point
Jan.28 at 11:55 am
BETCATS says:
Ben- Jim Jackson is a free agent, make it happen
Jan.28 at 11:55 am
BETCATS says:
and mashburn could be a special assistant
Jan.28 at 11:55 am
white hot eboy says:
The Heat could have used him if they weren’t 49 games under .500.
Jan.28 at 11:56 am
niQ says:
instead of trading kidd out. why dont u ship carter or jefferson out for equal value?. or BOTH for kobe!
Jan.28 at 11:58 am
BETCATS says:
i like LA if they can keep Odom, Kobe, and Bynum + Kidd = pop bottles
Jan.28 at 12:01 pm
J.B says:
let it please be cleveland..orr ehmm, well. i dont think boston is gonna make it.
Jan.28 at 12:01 pm
Rasheedionics says:
Boston is about to sign Damon Stoudamire. They can’t afford to trade for Kidd.
Jan.28 at 12:13 pm
maio says:
Yeah Kidd would drain those open jumpers LBJ creates in his sleep.
Kidd is a connector not a scavenger.
Maybe Denver or back to Dallas. They have enough tradeable pieces to make it happen.
Jan.28 at 12:15 pm
maio says:
Or lando?
Lame, I know.
Jan.28 at 12:20 pm
bakers' dozen (12-13) says:
JR smith and Von Wafer for Jason Kidd, baby!
Jan.28 at 12:22 pm
G Diesel says:
Jason Kidd for Kwame Brown, Vlad Radmanovic and Javaris Crittenton! We’ll thrown in that useless Luke Walton too!
Jan.28 at 12:24 pm
H to the izzo says:
If he doesn’t go to Cleveland,I’m getting Charles Oakley,giving him a flat shovel and letting him loose on whoever is at fault.
Jan.28 at 12:33 pm
Rasheedionics says:
Why would Nets trade for Kwame Brown, Vlad Radmanovic and Javaris Crittenton??? First of all, all 3 players are pure garbage and do salaries even match?
Jan.28 at 12:34 pm
Bryan says:
Javaris could actually turn out to be pretty good.
Jan.28 at 12:37 pm
H to the izzo says:
Yeah Javaris is better than I thought he would be.
Jan.28 at 1:06 pm
G Diesel says:
Kwame Brown could be a great back-up for Nenad Krstic and Jamal Magloire. Javaris has a good future in this league. Radmanovic could be a great outside shooter for the Nets. And finally Luke Walton… I just want him out of L.A. He’s one of the main reasons we’re on a 3 game losing skid!
Jan.28 at 1:14 pm
Reggie Evans says:
Ship Bynum’s A$$ out!
Jan.28 at 1:19 pm
G Diesel says:
Reggie, ur comment would have been valid last summer. Bynum has become untradeable. Unless Lebron James is available.
Jan.28 at 1:20 pm
maio says:
Kidd for KMart and a guard to Denver.
Jan.28 at 1:21 pm
canadian says:
he’s not a good fit in cleveland. lebron wants the ball in his hands and needs finishers around him. same goes for kobe. i like kidd in dallas or orlando
Jan.28 at 1:27 pm
tike says:
Kidd stay and jersey!
Jan.28 at 1:38 pm
Gerard Himself says:
*tears up*
Jan.28 at 1:39 pm
riggs says:
hey ryne i just seen your post on rod bensons yahoo blog, i agree completely.
Jan.28 at 1:48 pm
Jake Appleman says:
and yet the nets are only a half game out of the playoffs in terrible leastern conference…
Jan.28 at 1:53 pm
Co Co says:
We’d take him in Atlanta…….
Jan.28 at 2:03 pm
Chou says:
Kidd back to Dallas. It worked out well for Nash. (I mean the whole coming-back-to-the-team-that-drafted-you thing)
Jan.28 at 2:17 pm
Sizzle says:
kidd back to dallas for stack & dampier?
Jan.28 at 2:24 pm
rav says:
i think if kidd gets traded to the west then the guard with the next highest number of votes would start for the east, but he would start over iverson in the west as he has more votes - similar thing happened with iverson last year when he got traded cause when the voting started he was a sixer, but not sure if the rule still stands after asg voting finishes
Jan.28 at 2:31 pm
UKSuperstar says:
I think JKidd should just be happy with his salary and stay at NJ with Jefferson and Carter. If he had to move teams then he would probably be best off at Miami, to take the pressure off Wade at the backcourt. Kidd would also add glue to the Heat that Shaq has provided the last few years. My first thought.
Jan.28 at 2:33 pm
UKSuperstar says:
Oh yeah he could go back to the mavs and give them the lethality they had during last year’s regular season.
Jan.28 at 3:19 pm
Alex says:
Cleveland probably
Jan.28 at 3:31 pm
Jared says:
Wheres Russ with his NBA Trade Machine antics?
Jan.28 at 3:50 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Funny you should say that…
Jan.28 at 3:56 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
No way he gets dealt to the Cavs. Kidd’s making $19 million, which means the deal would have to start with either Z (which I can’t imagine the Cavs doing) or Hughes (which I can’t imagine the Nets doing). Dallas is weird because they’d almost certainly have to take back Dampier, who has FOUR years left on his deal at $10+ million per. And the Nets already have Collins, Magloire and Boone. I can’t see a Dallas deal happening unless there was a third team involved. Lakers? Kidd for Kwame, Vlad Rad, Ariza and Crit works under the dap, but who the heck would play center until the return of the prodigal Bynum?
Jan.28 at 3:57 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Or even under the CAP.
Jan.28 at 4:11 pm
rav says:
russ, i think the mavs can do a sign and trade with van horn to make the numbers match up - only the first of the 3 years has to be guaranteed, and it could even be pro-rated
Jan.28 at 4:50 pm
sam says:
no my friends kidd come to miami
Jan.28 at 5:08 pm
Harlem_World says:
They need to trade Vince Cancer + 1 for Deng and Gordon
Jan.28 at 6:19 pm
what says:
Jason Kidd and Josh Boone for Joe Johnson and Shelden Williams.
Jan.28 at 6:27 pm
Mark Hicks says:
Mark Hicks says:
ATL Hawks.
Jan.28 at 6:28 pm
Mark Hicks says:
Mark Hicks says:
I think he should stay were he is.
Jan.28 at 6:37 pm
albie1kenobi says:
if nets can get josh howard plus either harris or terry, it’s probably worth the trade. how richardson and howard co-exist, i’m not sure. dallas seems to be the team with enough assets to make the trade worth it for nets, and they will have a clear cut leader with a dominant personality to put them over the top.
Jan.28 at 6:47 pm
hursty says:
dude wants to go to a contender, you cant just send him to dallas or phx or boston because of the cap, its not nba live. houston could do it if they put up skip, luther head and a forward like novak.
Jan.28 at 6:48 pm
Ben says:
If the Nets do trade Kidd they will never get eqal value for him so they may as well admit that their rebuilding and trade Vice too. If they don’t they’ll be so bad that they’ll never make the playoffs but nort so bad that they’ll get a good draft pick. Trading all or most of the big three builds for the future by getting the Nets young players and good draft picks.
Jan.28 at 6:53 pm
Ben says:
Wait a year on any major Dallas trades. The Mavs still think they can win with what they’ve got.
Jan.28 at 7:32 pm
The Notorious King says:
imagine kidd on the nuggets
Jan.28 at 7:59 pm
dshawn says:
he needz to go to the lakerz!!!!!!!!!
Jan.28 at 8:13 pm
johnnyboy says:
How about they try to get rid of Vince Carter via a trade. But wait, I don’t think anybody would want Vince on their team. So, nevermind.
Jan.28 at 8:38 pm
Lamar says:
Where: Cleveland
Why:LeBron
Jan.28 at 8:42 pm
Dacre says:
I think CHI will be looking at making an offer - JKidd in a bulls uni looks nice AND Ben W can do EVEN LESS rebounding?!
NJ would take Kirk + others to balance it out ‘cap’ wise. Golden State would LOVE a rebounding PG…Bidrins Bidrins.
Jan.28 at 9:47 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Kidd and Boki Snacks to the Nugs for Kenyon, Najera and Chucky Atkins. It works. Not interested in Kidd on the Bulls, they already have enough dudes who can’t shoot. Cleveland ain’t happening unless the Nets take Hughes, and there’s no way in hell they do that.
Jan.28 at 9:54 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Here’s an interesting Mavs deal that would work: Kidd, Collins and Darrell Armstrong for Dampier, Devin Harris and Stackhouse.
Jan.28 at 10:07 pm
Myles Brown says:
Witnessed in TWolves media room: Rod Thorn and Kiki laughing at Kidd trade rumors on ESPN…
Jan.28 at 10:35 pm
Boobie_Gibson says:
Cleveland, I heard he wanted to play with LeBreazy
Jan.28 at 11:31 pm
Dacre says:
I love it when Russ comments on my comments… ^_^
Jan.29 at 2:10 am
Yoeri says:
Trade him to the Knicks, he can helpt us!
Jan.29 at 7:25 am
ktokyo says:
Russ and BETCats you guys are really getting my hopes up. I mean, how can you lose with getting rid of Kwame and getting Jason Kidd? Everything else is just water under the bridge (and salary cap).
Jan.29 at 8:54 am
UKSuperstar says:
Sorry Russ but that Dallas trade wouldn’t work. quite frankly, both Collins and Armstrong can’t match the experience of Dampier and Stackhouse (they’ve won championships). Kidd doesn’t justify the trade.
Jan.29 at 9:08 am
OE says:
KIDD to lakers for Kwame Brown, Lamar Odom, a few draft picks, and if new jersey still arent satisfied, Chris Mihm as well, the lakers dont need them, and the trio of Kidd Kobe and Bynum would definitley make them a contender
Jan.29 at 2:56 pm
SLAM ONLINE | » Jason Kidd Officially Wants Out of New Jersey says:
[…] After initially denying the story, as has become his custom over the last couple of years, Kidd relented yesterday afternoon and admitted that he’s asked his agent to work out an exit plan. “I’m not mad at anybody,” he said Monday afternoon by phone. “Sometimes, when you ride a wave, you get to the end and that’s all there is. That’s where we are.” […]