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Sources told ESPN.com that the Mavericks and Nets on Wednesday reached an agreement in principle on a Kidd deal after talks had seemingly stalled last week, moving the teams to brink of completing the NBA's third blockbuster deal of the month.

Although sources say that the teams are still sorting out final details, this deal was described as "imminent" by multiple sources close to the process after negotiations moved to an advanced stage Tuesday night. The deal -- salvaged from talks on a three-way trade with Portland that developed and fizzled quickly two weeks ago -- has Dallas sending 24-year-old point guard Devin Harris, veteran swingman Jerry Stackhouse, the expiring contracts of center DeSagana Diop and swingman Devean George and guard Maurice Ager to New Jersey for Kidd and forward Malik Allen.

Sources say Dallas will also add the league-maximum $3 million in cash and send its first-round draft pick this June as well as a first-rounder in 2010.

The Nets are expected to buy out Stackhouse's contract immediately, which could enable him to re-sign with Dallas if he waits 30 days, and ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard reports that the Nets and the Mavs are likewise poised to complete a separate trade that will send swingman Antoine Wright to Dallas for a future second-round pick.

Dallas has been widely considered the most likely winner of the Kidd trade sweepstakes, despite the repeated attempts of Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to publicly dismiss the idea of parting with multiple regulars for Kidd. Cuban told several New York-based reporters Sunday before New Jersey beat Dallas that a deal for All-Star floor leader would severely weaken his roster.

"For us to make the numbers work in a deal like that, we'd have to trade away half the team," Cuban said. "We're not doing that, so it just doesn't work. And we like our team. We've got a lot of room for improvement and we hope to get better. But right now, I just don't see anything happening.

Yet sources close to the process insist that the talks have heated up in the past 24 hours, with the Mavs still tantalized by the prospect of bringing Kidd back more than a decade after the pre-Cuban regime drafted him out of Cal, watched him share rookie of the year honors with Grant Hill in 1994-95 and then traded him to Phoenix on the day after Christmas in 1996.

The Mavs' biggest reservation, though, isn't sacrificing Harris. Sources maintain that Dallas, while reluctant to part with one of Cuban's favorite players and its point guard of the future after signing Harris to a contract extension over the summer, has been resigned for some time to losing Harris if it meant getting Kidd back.

The greater hesitation, sources said, is that they would also have to part with Stackhouse and Diop, weakening Dallas' depth. Although it's believed that Stackhouse is likely to be bought out and released by the Nets, which would enable Dallas to re-sign him if he sits out for 30 days, there's no guarantee they can convince Stackhouse to resist the interest of other teams to return once he becomes a free agent. Losing Diop, meanwhile, is an even bigger blow, as that would leave the undependable Erick Dampier as the Mavericks' only veteran center at a time when potential playoff foes like the Los Angeles Lakers (Pau Gasol) and Phoenix Suns (Shaquille O'Neal) are getting bigger.

But Dallas appears more motivated than ever in spite of those concerns and the current lack of a third team to join in and broaden the trade, believing that Kidd -- although he turns 35 in March and is threatening to establish a new career low with his 36.7 percent shooting from the field -- is still a prime source of leadership and mental toughness.

Kidd displayed those qualities in abundance during a strong summer with Team USA and those areas are well-chronicled weak spots for the Mavs, who followed up a historic collapse to Miami in the 2006 NBA Finals with a first-round flameout against Golden State after winning 67 games last season. A point guard of Kidd's caliber, influence and experience would undoubtedly please the demanding Avery Johnson, reinvigorate a team that has been lacking energy and confidence and supply Dallas' coach with a dangerous four-man core of Kidd, Josh Howard, Jason Terry and reigning MVP Dirk Nowitzki.

Nowitzki is the player Kidd has had in mind when privately telling associates in recent months that he hoped to go back to Dallas. Although his desire to leave New Jersey had been suspected all season, Kidd didn't go public with that wish until late January, when he told ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher that it's time for him and New Jersey "all to move on" in separate directions.

Kidd was acquired by the Nets in the 2001 offseason in a trade with Phoenix featuring Stephon Marbury and sparked New Jersey to the most successful period in the team's NBA history, starting with back-to-back trips to the NBA Finals in 2002 and 2003. After giving strong consideration to signing with San Antonio in the summer of 2003, Kidd elected to stay with the Nets. During the past four-plus seasons, however, New Jersey has not advanced past the second round of the playoffs, despite the 2004 arrival of Vince Carter and Kidd's successful recovery from microfracture knee surgery.

The Nets were prepared to deal Kidd to the Lakers at the trade deadline last season but pulled out of the deal when the Lakers refused to part with center Andrew Bynum, who has since blossomed. This deal would give them a highly rated point guard who's 10 years younger than Kidd and three cap-friendly contracts if the Mavericks indeed include Ager.

The Nets could come away with even more salary-cap relief if the Mavericks built their trade package around Harris and a signed-and-traded Keith Van Horn. Although he has been out of the game since the end of the 2005-06 season, Van Horn hasn't filed official retirement papers with the league, allowing Dallas to retain his rights. And because Van Horn's final NBA salary was nearly $16 million, Dallas can re-sign him for a substantial amount and thus create a lucrative expiring contract for the Nets, because only the first year of a contract must be guaranteed in a sign-and-trade arrangement.

Cuban, though, told ESPN.com last week that "we won't use [Van Horn] in any deal for anyone." That's because Kidd would cost the Mavericks nearly $40 million next season, thanks to the luxury tax, if they sent only Harris, Van Horn and salary-cap filler to the Nets
 

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The Nets agree to trade All-Star point guard Jason Kidd and Malik Allen to the Mavericks for Devin Harris, Jerry Stackhouse, Devean George, DeSagana Diop, Maurice Ager, two first-round picks and cash, sources tell Tony Mejia of CBSSports.com.
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The greater hesitation, sources said, is that they would also have to part with Stackhouse and Diop, weakening Dallas' depth. Losing Diop, meanwhile, is an even bigger blow, as that would leave the undependable Erick Dampier as the Mavericks' only veteran center at a time when potential playoff foes like the Los Angeles Lakers (Pau Gasol) and Phoenix Suns (Shaquille O'Neal) are getting bigger
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Eh...I don't know if this is a good deal for dallas....givin' up too much for an oldy.
 

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the thing about dallas right now is they dont care AT ALL about next year all they want to do is get a ring this year
 

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the thing about dallas right now is they dont care AT ALL about next year all they want to do is get a ring this year
Exactly, and I don't think thats what they should do.
 

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so does he still start in the East for the ASG?
 

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I wonder why Portland dropped out of the trade talks.
 

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Dallas isn't really getting the better end of the deal. They are trading so much up for a old PG. Who is about to start declining.

Harris>Kidd

Plus you lose your best bench player in Stackhouse. Plus Diop who is descent. And pick.
 

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I think this move makes the Mavericks the favorite in the west.
 

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Maybe just for this year...I have the Suns before them however. And maybe the Spurs and Lakers.
 

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They will still be good, but once Terry and Kidd are gone in a few years, the PG position will be shallow.
 

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I dont think you guys realize how amazing Jason Kidd is, he makes everyone that plays with him better, look what he made kenyon martin look like as a net
 

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Maybe just for this year...I have the Suns before them however. And maybe the Spurs and Lakers.
I say their the favorite to win it every year Kidd is still playing. IDK why you guys think Kidd is getting worse, he's gotten better with age. He's going to make Dirk and Howard SHINE like stars.
 

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I dont think you guys realize how amazing Jason Kidd is, he makes everyone that plays with him better, look what he made kenyon martin look like as a net

DITTO.
 

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Jason Kidd : NBA
Brett Favre : NFL

both have gotten better with age, dez is right on the money with that.
 

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No doubt Kidd has gotten better, he already has 12 triple doubles this year, just as much as he has ever had in his career in one season, and the season is just about half way done
 

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Kidd almost had one yesterday with 9-10-9. I wonder how many games he has only gotten within a hair of a triple double.
 

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The Mavericks have nothing to lose with this deal... Harris has no future in the NBA as a starting PG. He can drive to the basket and play D, but he can't lead a team, can't shoot very well, and can't pass well. Diop is worse than Dampier and is virtually unneeded on the team because what's the point of depth at center if you have no good PG or C anyway.

They get Stack back, and trade 2 late 1st rounders... No damage felt.

If they really get Wright, that's very good, because he's better than George, and I really love him... He's a great finisher, above average defender, and really young with a lot of potential. He was off to an amazing start early in the season.

The Nets don't get a bad deal, because they won't win this year, or in the future with Kidd. Like I said before, Harris isn't an amazing PG but he can be OK for the Nets because his speed could fit with their guys that love to run and are very athletic, like Sean Williams... I don't like trading Wright, but he's blocked by RJ, VC, Nachbar, etc...

While the Mavs have nothing to lose, the Nets really don't have anything to win from this deal.
 
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