Kidd set for Dallas return in multi-player trade: reports
DALLAS (Reuters) - New Jersey Nets point guard Jason Kidd is set to return to the Dallas Mavericks as part of a multi-player trade, The Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported on Monday.
An NBA executive confirmed before Sunday's All-Star Game in New Orleans the deal had been finalized and would be submitted to the league office on Monday for approval, the newspapers said.
The Mavericks will trade five players, two first-round draft picks and $3 million to the Nets for Kidd, who played in Dallas for three seasons from 1994, the papers said.
Devin Harris, DeSagana Diop, Trenton Hassell, Maurice Ager and Keith Van Horn will go to the Nets for Kidd, Malik Allen and perhaps a third player, Antoine Wright, the Morning News reported.
"It's breathing but not done," Mavericks owner Mark Cuban told the newspapers.
The Mavericks last week attempted to trade for the 34-year-old Kidd in a deal that involved Jerry Stackhouse and Devean George.
George, however, blocked the trade.
(Writing by Gene Cherry in Raleigh, North Carolina; Editing by John O'Brien)
