Jason Kidd was conspicuously absent from yesterday's game between the Knicks and Mavericks. The team said the veteran point guard was excused for "personal reasons," and Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said Kidd went back to Dallas after the team's loss in Phil 483 2008-12-10T23:58:29-05:00 Knicks bumped up Kidd's cost to Mavs 4358 --- [] 2010-01-24T18:38:00-05:00 46 New York Newsday http://www.newsday.com/cmlink/1.1252016 3 6 2010-02-09T10:22:49-05:00 http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/knicks/knicks-bumped-up-kidd-s-cost-to-mavs-1.1722472