Updated – 2/17/08

The Kidd my be heading to Dallas after all. Reports are coming out of New Orleans that a deal will be made within a day or two. Jason Kidd has already gone on record that he won’t comment on the deal until it is finalized. He said that his loyalty is with the New Jersey Nets until the trade is confirmed. We went on to say that his New Jersey teammates have already said their goodbyes to him. Kidd was recorded saying that he had never seen some like this(the botched trade) happen in his entire career.
ESPN is reporting here that the deal is still on the table.
Sources say Mavs swingman Trenton Hassell and the retired Keith Van Horn will be plugged into the trade in place of Jerry Stackhouse and Devean George. If the newly proposed deal goes through, New Jersey would receive 24-year-old point guard Devin Harris, center DeSagana Diop, guard Maurice Ager, forwards Hassell and Van Horn, two first-round draft picks and $3 million in cash for Kidd and Nets forward Malik Allen.
To make up for the removal of George — who blocked his inclusion by citing a little-known league rule that prevents certain players with one-year contracts from being traded without their consent — Dallas has secured Van Horn’s participation via sign-and-trade in George’s place. Out of the game since the 2006 NBA Finals, Van Horn will be required to report to New Jersey and submit to a physical to complete the transaction, with sources adding that the amount Van Horn receives this season — believed to be more than $4 million — will not be pro-rated even though Van Horn would be joining the Nets with less than half the season remaining.
5:10PM PST - Interviewed live at the All-Star Game, when asked what his gut tells him, Kidd said his gut tells him that he will be in Dallas(before the NBA trade deadline).