Breaking down an NBA season can be done in many ways.
Five- or 10-game increments. Monthly analytics. All have their value.
But there’s one thing that everybody agrees on: the next two weeks – and the next eight days in particular – are signposts that are on everybody’s radar and Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said Tuesday there’s no way to bypass either of them.
“There are two mile markers that are big right now: trade deadline and the All-Star break,” he said. “Guys tend to start thinking: Am I staying? Am I leaving?