ESPN: Chat with John Hollinger

Sebastian, Krakow, Poland: When did Josh Howard lose his way? How can playing with Jason Kidd actually make you worse when you are an athletic slasher to the basket?

SportsNation John Hollinger: Howard had a brutal second half the other night, that's for sure. It's interesting that since the trade Dirk's #s are up and Howard's are down. We have to consider the possibility that this is random noise ... but at some point we have to consider that the reshaped Mavs are a lot better suited to Dirk's catch-shoot skill set than Howard's iso-heavy game.