The new CBA put provisions in place that would level a Luxury Tax against teams with payrolls that exceed a certain limit. Now we're beginning to see the ramifications behind this. The Lindsey Hunter-for-Greg Foster trade was a Luxury Tax-motivated trade. So was the trade of Cliff Robinson to Detroit.

"This may be the first luxury-tax trade that you've seen in the NBA, and you're going to see a lot more deals where it looks, basketball-wise, to be uneven," Joe Dumars said Friday afternoon.

Jason Kidd intimates in a weird fashion that Jerry Colangelo didn't really support him after his arrest.  He states the obvious: "I guess the bad boys are leaving town", referring to himself and Cliff Robinson.  He also uses the obscure: "The handshake in the desert wind might not be for real."  Say what Jason? Is that some kind of Bedouin curse or what?  Kidd's wife gets her hyperbole going pretty good, too, telling us that even the former President of the United States can't compare to her husband.  Uh, Mrs. K., that's not really such a compliment.