Its official I want to be Keith Van Horn. this guy just made out like a bandit in the Jason Kidd trade fo rbeing semi-retired the last two years. Apparently Van Horn is going to get $4.3 million for the rest of the season, whether or not he stays with the team.

Sources close to the process insist, however, that the league has not imposed any time requirements for staying with the Nets that Van Horn must meet to collect the full $4.3 million he’s scheduled to receive for the rest of the season. Sources say Van Horn — much like Aaron McKie in Memphis after the Pau Gasol deal on Feb. 1 — merely had to convince the league office that he will indeed report to New Jersey and that he’s serious about resuming his career after nearly two years out of the game.

It’s believed that both the Mavericks and Nets also lobbied hard to contest what they feared for much of Monday to be stricter demands, knowing that the league doesn’t have an iron-clad policy on such matters or any mention of this scenario in its current labor agreement. League sources told ESPN.com last week that the Gasol trade would have been disallowed had McKie not reported to Memphis to make himself available to play for the Grizzlies, but no less an authority than NBA president of league and basketball operations Joel Litvin acknowledged Saturday in New Orleans that deciding whether to allow unofficially retired players like McKie and Van Horn to be added to a trade is judged on a “case-by-case” basis.

Since there is no time limit on how long Van Horn has to stay with the team to colloect the full amount, which will lead the the question did he really put in the effort, I could get thrown off the team after just an hour for legimate reasons, those being;

1. Can’t shoot – Cross Eyed
2. Can’t jump – White guy
3. Can’t run – Too old

What a deal! Why can’t everyone make that kind of money that easy?

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