Beautiful Stillwater and some other thoughts

It's a big one tonight for the Texas Women's team. After the loss in Colorado, there's not a lot of room for error. Remember, they upset Ok. St. the first time, but that was in Austin. Ok. St. is now getting good crowds for their women's games, so the Horns will have to deal with a tough environment. Last time, Brittany Raven did a great job on Andrea Riley, and she will have to be big time again. Plus, rebounding has been a focus in practice after Colorado out boarded UT 50-29. Texas must rebound well tonight. As always, the game's on the Zone (1300 AM), 6:45 pregame, 7:00 tip. You can also listen at www.texassports.com

Elsewhere, the Jason Kidd deal is done now, and everyone has their thoughts. I have heard many who think it is a bad move for Dallas, but I think they have to think about the present. When I worked with Kevin Dunn, he predicted when the Sacramento Kings' window had closed. I think the Mavs door may be closing as we speak. Phoenix and LA have made big time moves, New Orleans is great, and the Spurs are the Spurs. And if they get through all that, they'd face maybe Boston or Detroit. The way they played to finish last year, and the way they have played this year doesn't make you believe they could stand pat and be ok. I like the fact that George is staying, and hopefully Stackhouse can get healthy for the playoffs. I read an article by Tony Mejia that said it best. You're not getting Kidd to take the last shot. You're getting him to run the last play. His job is to make Dirk, Howard, and Terry even more dangerous. He will give them the threat of penetration that they haven't had. I know losing Harris is big. But maybe if he had become the kind of point guard they needed him to be, the trade wouldn't be necessary. I know losing Diop leaves only Dampier as your true 5, but since when are the Mavs about true 5's? If Kidd gives them the fire, leadership, and toughness they have lacked, it makes sense. Plus, you take some load off of Dirk to be the only leader. He seems more comfortable sharing that. Bottom line is we may look back in a few years and say the Mavs missed their shot when they couldn't finish the 15 strong Heat. Their window may have only been open for one year.

Finally, more thoughts on baseball. No matter what Roger, Andy, McNamee, or a bunch of needles and gause pads in a beer can say, we are probably never going to know the truth. As strange as some of Roger's comments were at the hearing, I don't think you can prove purgery. It's really all about you. You have to reconsile the numbers, the era, and everything in your own head. If using HGH even once makes you a cheater, then I guess Pettitte's a cheater. But do you throw out the entire career or just the numbers after 2002? And if we never really know if Bonds or Clemens did take roids, what do you do with their numbers? Like I've said all along, for me there are just too many variables to know for sure that substance X helped player Y in game Z. But for you, it may be different. Let's put it this way: In 10 years, if I give you a Hall of Fame ballot, and it's got Bonds, Clemens, and McGwire on it, what do you do, Jack? What do you do?