Jason Kidd got his wish. He’s no longer a Net. The multidimensional point guard who led the Nets to two NBA Finals was finally dealt to the Mavericks earlier today.

In exchange for the disgruntled 35 year-old NBA All-Star, the Nets are getting point guard Devin Harris, Jerry Stackhouse, DeSagna Diop, Devean George, Maurice Ager, 2008 and 2010 first round picks plus three million in cash. The Nets will also reportedly send backup forward Malik Allen to Dallas.

Another deal between the two clubs has Nets’ guard Antoine Wright moving closer to home for a future second rounder plus other considerations.

HB Analysis: It’s expected that the Nets will buyout the remainder of Stackhouse’ contract allowing him to possibly return to the Mavs as part of their NBA championship push. They also added expiring contracts (Diop and George) and got the young player they coveted along with first round picks.

This trade needed to happen for Nets GM Rod Thorne as his club was going nowhere with an uninspired Kidd anyway. The 24 year-old Harris is a splendid dribble penetrator who can score and distribute the ball. He was averaging a career best 14.4 points along with over five assists- also a career high. The speedy guard who starred at Wisconsin should fit in well with Richard Jefferson and Vince Carter to formulate a new trio.

With the development of young bigs Sean Williams and Josh Boone, the Nets’ future looks much brighter than before.

For the Mavs, they get their man and essentially just lose one key component off a roster which features last year’s regular season MVP Dirk Nowitzki and explosive shooting guard Josh Howard. Kidd finally returns to where his NBA career began when he was once teamed with another duo in Jimmy Jackson and Jamal Mashburn. Too bad that didn’t work out due to plenty of immaturity and Toni Braxton.

The Mavs are banking on Kidd to be the final piece to the puzzle teaming with Dirk and Howard to formulate a deadly trio. However, in such a competitive conference, nothing’s a given. Especially with Shaq out in the Desert and Pau Gasol teaming with Kobe in LA. Let’s not discount those defending champion Spurs either. When Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker are all healthy, the Spurs are still in a class by themselves.

So, who will come out of the West? Probably a team we haven’t mentioned like the Hornets, Jazz or Warriors. Wonder how the other teams’ fans would feel if that actually happened? Never mind.