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.

So the Mavericks beat the Hornets at home, now they just need to win Sunday against the Hornets being on the road to move up to 5th place for the playoffs.

This win tied them for 6th place with the Hornets in the West. Chris Paul had a terrific game but the rest of the Hornets fell flat.

With this type of momentum from the Mavericks, let's hope they can keep it up going into the playoffs with a better spot than 7th or 8th to increase their chances of getting past the first round.

On a side note, there seems to be some talk about the likelihood of maybe Chris Paul becoming a Maverick. In my opinion, I would welcome Paul with open arms. Just as long as the Mavericks keep Dirk and Terry, I'd be happy with such a trade. Well, I still like Bass as well and think he should be kept. I have this feeling he's only going to get better as the years pass and he gets more experience.

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.

According to FanNation:

"The Toronto Raptors have been looking for a small forward, and HOOPSWORLD has learned that they may have finally found their man. A deal being discussed would send troubled forward Josh Howard to the Raptors in a deal that would land Andrea Bargnani and Anthony Parker in Dallas, with a combination that could involve DeSagana Diop and Antoine Wright headed back to Toronto."

Is it true or going to happen? I'm not that familiar with the two players we would pick up and I'm still unsure why we would get rid of Diop yet again.

I would speculate that if this were to occur, it's the Mavericks freeing up some salary cap space to do some shopping in the near future.

So Stackhouse is still unhappy. I don't think he's going to take any deal or proposition the Mavericks assign to him. He'll want a trade no matter, that's the rumors.

So who should we try and get for this aging soon to be bench warmer? Should we throw in another player to help spice up the deal, someone like George? Unless the team is a contender, George will probably deny any trade though, but the way the Mavericks are playing, he might just say his good bye's as well.

Personally I won't mind seeing Stackhouse go and a few other players like George go along with him.

What does everyone else think?

According to some articles on ESPN, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram and the Dallas Morning News, Stackhouse claims he has many minutes left in his career and he's not getting enough playing time in Dallas.

Honestly I don't mind seeing Stackhouse go. Maybe you're not getting the minutes and play time when you don't produce anything for the team during such minutes.

Perhaps this is the time to not trade for anyone but for a draft pick, either a late first round pick or early second round pick is all Stackhouse is worth right now.

We have Wright and Green readily available to take his spot, with Green proving he is worthy to play that role and energy off the bench.