http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/marty_burns/01/04/mavs.notes/index.html?eref=mostpop

By Marty Burns
Last summer's Kevin Garnett trade might not be the only blockbuster
deal that could affect who plays in the 2008 NBA Finals. If Jason Kidd
winds up getting traded, it could provide a similar jolt in the West.
Especially if he ends up in Dallas.

The Mavs have always been aggressive when it comes to personnel
decisions. They know they are contenders for the NBA title, but they
also know the Spurs are still the team to beat. That's why owner Mark
Cuban, general manager Donnie Nelson and coach Avery Johnson will be
watching closely over the next few weeks to see if they should make a
serious bid for Kidd.

"My response to [the Kidd trade rumors] is that we like our team,"
Nelson told SI.com.

"We're not afraid to make [a trade] if we feel it can take us to a
different place ... but we're not so sure we don't already have the
pieces."

Nelson's stance is revealing because the Mavs are considered by many
around the league to be the most likely destination for Kidd, should
the Nets decide to trade the perennial All-Star. The Lakers and
Cavaliers also have been mentioned prominently, but neither appears to
have the right combination of players that would interest New Jersey.
Dallas could offer a package that includes a rising star in Devin
Harris, along with a shooter like Jason Terry or Jerry Stackhouse, a
decent big man with an expiring contract in DeSagana Diop and a future
first-round draft pick.

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I am hesitant with these types of rumors, since I was for the Bynum
trade with the Lakers last year. While Diop doesn't float anyone's
boat, Harris and Terry is a definate starting point. The first
rounder won't mean much, but at least this rumor isn't as crazy as
some.

Grimm-RHD

Looks like this year will be different according to Kidd...he wants
out.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3219395

Jason Kidd has come to grips with two realities. One, the New Jersey
Nets aren't very good. Two, that their only chance of improving is to
deal him. "I'm not mad at anybody," he said Monday afternoon by phone.
"Sometimes, when you ride a wave, you get to the end and that's all
there is. That's where we are."

Kidd confirmed that his agent, Jeff Schwartz, has talked to Nets'
management about moving him by the Feb. 21 trade deadline, but he
categorized the conversation as a continuation of something that
started last All-Star break, when the Nets nearly dealt him to the
Lakers for a package of players that included Lamar Odom and Kwame
Brown. The sticking point was that Nets president Rod Thorn wanted
Andrew Bynum and the Lakers refused...

Grimm-RHD