So will the Mavs beat the Spurs to take advantage of winning this series on the Spurs home turf tonight? I hope I'm wrong but I think the Spurs are going to come out seeking revenge tonight.

If Dampier has the same type of game he had in game one and they start Little Jose to wear Tony Parker out quicker in the game, we have a shot at winning this game and definitely the series.

So it's more than likely that Kidd won't be back with the Mavericks after this season is over. There's recent rumors about seeing him in a Knicks uniform. I'd imagine that is only likely is because Kidd would want to play for their coach and not the city or team. Also with all the rumors about LeBron possibly eyeing New York, it would set Kidd up for that possibility. Everyone should realize when players heading to the Hall are nearing their daily life as an NBA player without a ring already, that's their only goal.

Everyone talks about how old Kidd is and he's done but I really don't see him officially retiring for another couple of years, probably taking more of a bench role for a up and coming point guard.

But Cuban even is claimed to say Kidd was not only to help but make some salary cap room for the next coming seasons. Was it a mistake to trade Harris though? Absolutely in my opinion.

Another rumor that was floating around was Shaq coming to Dallas. I'm not sure what he'd do for the team except open his mouth to talk smack to others around the league in how great he is and how they're not. He can stay put or retire, but please, he won't contribute anything if we're still seeking to rebound and try to win a finals in the coming years.

Jason Terry is back from his fractured hand and Kidd joined the 10k assist club, becoming the 4th NBA player to achieve this milestone.

Kidd trails Stockton, Jackson and Johnson on the assists category. If he plays another season or two, he should easily surpass Mark Jackson and Magic Johnson but most likely can't surpass John Stockton, who has an amazing 15806 assists to his career. That's a mark that won't be beaten probably in my own lifetime perhaps.

The Mavericks handed the Raptors a loss in Terry's return and where Kidd made his 10k assist. Now with Terry back, hopefully the Mavs can rebound, get a nice spot for the playoffs in a few months. Let's also hope they can pull together and get another 50 win season so it will be their 9th season in a row with 50 plus wins.

Now with Terry out, having surgery on his broken hand, Josh Howard needs to step up and take over the role he is suppose to carry, the number two man on the team.

Terry underwent surgery to stabilize a fracture in his hand. There is no time table for his return. This is bad news for the Mavericks, being 7th in the Western Conference standings and losing Terry who's the most likely 6th man leader in the NBA.

With Terry out though, Howard needs to step back up to the plate, stop half ass'in his performance and live up to the hype that surrounded his potential before last year.

If Howard can't take over where Terry was so effective in helping win games, we're going to need Bass and Little Jose's help desperately if we want to stay in contention going into the second half of the season.

Diop got the news at a Verizon store from Donnie Nelson. This is the second time Diop has been traded by the Dallas Mavericks. So who did we get in the deal?

Matt Carroll and backup center Ryan Hollins. Matt Carroll is supposedly a 3 point specialist.

Diop wasn't playing as much as I anticipated. I think he has more or better potential than Dampier. Dampier gets the job done but I think he doesn't apply himself to be even better. Diop is young and I think if molded correctly, he could be a really good effective player. Hopefully he gets more playing time and improves.

I'll miss Diop, but not as much as I miss Harris.

According to FanNation, the Nuggets head coach Karl blasted the outbursts from Cuban during the game and especially at the end when the controversial foul with 2.2 seconds left against Billups was called, putting the Nuggets up 2 points to win the game.

Apparently Karl also cited that Cuban was getting into it with J.R. Smith at halftime about a supposed elbowing.

I'd sort of have to agree with Karl if Cuban did confront one of the Nuggets players. That's not his job, his role or his place of business. If Cuban wanted to take some type of action, he should have gone to the league.

I can understand Cuban was upset and is probably trying to protect his players but the owner belongs in his seat, owners box or in the stands.

According to the Charlotte Observer, the Bobcats are in trade talks with the Dallas Mavericks and OKC Thunder that involves so far Diop from the Mavericks and Raymond Felton and Nazr Mohammed from the Bobcats.

Perhaps since we're not seeing so much of Diop during playtime, this is just another option the Mavericks are taking to free up some salary cap space to acquire in the next few years.

I could see a spot possibly for Felton but I don't see any reason why the Mavericks would need Mohammed, who comes with a pretty hefty price tag of about 13.7 million over the next two seasons, which kind of voids out the salary cap equation since Diop's current contract is around 6 million or so.