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01-22-2011, 10:33 AM
By Marc Stein
The Dallas Mavericks continue to plan for the addition of former All-Star sharpshooter Peja Stojakovic early next week. But the trade to create a roster spot for Stojakovic, according to sources close to the talks, is in limbo after being placed on hold by the NBA.
Although the Mavericks and Raptors continue to express confidence that the trade sending little-used center Alexis Ajinca to Toronto will ultimately be approved next week, league officials spent Friday examining the deal for salary-cap compliance after complaints from a few unspecified teams postponed a trade call originally scheduled for Thursday night to ratify the deal......
The Mavericks and Raptors maintain that the deals involving Stojakovic and Ajinca were struck independently of each other, but the delay stems from what sources say are protests from a few contending teams that Dallas and Toronto arranged to couple the two transactions to swap Stojakovic for Ajinca, which would not be permissible under league rules. In the event that the league strikes down the proposed trade, Dallas would have to waive a player to create a roster spot for Stojakovic or perhaps find another trade destination for Ajinca......
The proposed deal with the Raptors calls for the Mavericks to send them Ajinca, cash considerations to cover the remainder of Ajinca's $1.5 million salary for the season and return a future second-round pick that Toronto had sent Dallas during the 2010 draft last June. In return, Dallas would receive the rights to 2007 second-round pick Georgios Printezis (who plays in Spain and is no longer considered an NBA prospect) and create trade exception equal to Ajinca's $1.5 millon salary along with the open roster spot needed to sign Stojakovic.....
http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nba/news/story?id=6046326&campaign=rss&source=NBAHeadlines
The Dallas Mavericks continue to plan for the addition of former All-Star sharpshooter Peja Stojakovic early next week. But the trade to create a roster spot for Stojakovic, according to sources close to the talks, is in limbo after being placed on hold by the NBA.
Although the Mavericks and Raptors continue to express confidence that the trade sending little-used center Alexis Ajinca to Toronto will ultimately be approved next week, league officials spent Friday examining the deal for salary-cap compliance after complaints from a few unspecified teams postponed a trade call originally scheduled for Thursday night to ratify the deal......
The Mavericks and Raptors maintain that the deals involving Stojakovic and Ajinca were struck independently of each other, but the delay stems from what sources say are protests from a few contending teams that Dallas and Toronto arranged to couple the two transactions to swap Stojakovic for Ajinca, which would not be permissible under league rules. In the event that the league strikes down the proposed trade, Dallas would have to waive a player to create a roster spot for Stojakovic or perhaps find another trade destination for Ajinca......
The proposed deal with the Raptors calls for the Mavericks to send them Ajinca, cash considerations to cover the remainder of Ajinca's $1.5 million salary for the season and return a future second-round pick that Toronto had sent Dallas during the 2010 draft last June. In return, Dallas would receive the rights to 2007 second-round pick Georgios Printezis (who plays in Spain and is no longer considered an NBA prospect) and create trade exception equal to Ajinca's $1.5 millon salary along with the open roster spot needed to sign Stojakovic.....
http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nba/news/story?id=6046326&campaign=rss&source=NBAHeadlines