Kidd to stay in Jersey?

Ever since the Mavs bowed out of the playoffs, the hot talk about what they need to do for next season has revolved around bringing in a true point guard.

And that talk has led directly to the Nets' Jason Kidd, a, ahem, former Maverick. Nets GM Rod Thorn has admitted that he tried to trade Kidd to the Lakers at the tradeline. Kidd wanted the deal to happen, but the Lakers refused to move young center Andrew Bynum and that killed it.

Speculation has heated up again that Thorn could move Kidd in the offseason. Of course, when the Nets went down 3-1 to the Cavs, talk really spiked. Prior to Game 5, however, Thorn seemed to cool on the idea of trading Kidd and breaking up the Nets.

Dave D'Alessandro and David Walstein of The Star-Ledger in Trenton reported today that it would take one heck of a deal for Thorn to trade the 34-year-old Kidd. Assuming the Mavs went after Kidd, you've got to believe that Thorn would have Josh Howard at the top of his wish-list.

"I really don't think so," Thorn said when asked whether he would repeat the trade-deadline exercise of exploring Kidd's market value. "I think we already know what's out there. The only (major) change really depends on what happens with Vince (Carter)."

Carter can become a free agent...Apparently he wants to return to the Nets for 3 years, $60 mil..Nets are thinking more along the lines of $45 mil.

-- Jeff

Comments

[Cynthia]

Jason Kidd is an awesome player, but he is getting old. The Mavs pretty much let Nash go because of age and Kidd is even older than him. And there is no way I'd trade Josh Howard for him. Josh has alot of great years ahead of him and he is the Mavericks #2 player. Personally I still don't think the point position is the weakness as much as not having a low post prescense. Too bad there is no way to unload Dampier.

[Sari and Reese]

The Mavs need a Chauncey Billups, a young peppy kind of guy. This Jason Kidd stuff is nonsense. Why not see if Jamal Mashburn and Jimmy Jackson want to come back as well? We could try to get a couple of games scheduled at Reunion and see if Toni Braxton could stop by, too.

[DJ]

The Mavericks need a star point guard. Just look at what Nash did with the Suns. Look at what Billups is doing with the Pistons. All great teams have a stud Point Guard. I think Devin is a good player. I see him as a role similar to Lindsay Hunter of the Pistons. A fast and tough defensive guard off the bench. We have too many swiming players. Maybe we can package Ager, Buckner, and first round pick for a point guard with an expiring contract.