Mavericks back on track with Nets to get Kidd
By Marc Stein
ESPN.com
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Updated: February 18, 2008, 1:13 AM ET
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It's looking more and more as though Jason Kidd's start for the road team in Sunday's NBA All-Star Game will indeed be his farewell to the Eastern Conference.
That's because the New Jersey Nets and Dallas Mavericks are again closing in on a deal that would send Kidd back to his original team, according to NBA front-office sources.
One source close to the process told ESPN.com that a conference call with the league to review the trade details is tentatively scheduled for Monday, although Dallas' imminent signing of Keith Van Horn to help facilitate the trade could force that timetable to be adjusted.
In an interview before the opening tip on TNT's All-Star broadcast, when asked whether he expects to be a Net or a Mav after the All-Star break, Kidd said his gut feeling is "that I would probably be in Dallas."
Asked by reporters in New Orleans for a status report, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said: "It's breathing. But it's not done."