I doubt George wants to protect his Bird rights since if he gets another contract it probably won't be for more than vet minimum. He might want a little bonus for going along with the deal. He defintiely wants to go to a team where he'd get playing time which isn't the Nets with Carter and Jefferson.
George is just protecting his interests. Cuban has a history of making deals with guys and then screwing them like NVE who gave up money to come to the Mavs and then was dumped by Cuban in a trade.

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