Delonte West will be available for tonight's game against Phoenix

Good news!

Carlisle says Delonte West is back on the team and is available tonight vs. PHX. Oh, and that "he's not on the sh-- list!"

— Earl K. Sneed (@EKS_MavsNBA) October 17, 2012

Also, if there was ever any question that Delonte West is an absolute gem of a quote:

Delonte: "My Uncle Ricky handled things, we had a talk and we went right back to the barbecue."

— Earl K. Sneed (@EKS_MavsNBA) October 17, 2012

I guess this means we all have to start calling him Uncle Ricky now, huh.

Delonte West, Dallas Mavericks "Back on Track"

Delonte West met with Donnie Nelson and Rick Carlisle this evening to smooth things over regarding his locker room outburst after last night's win over Houston. Eddie Sefko reported that it wasn't publicly discussed whether or not West would play in Wednesday night's game against the Suns.

So the good news is, we'll be seeing West sooner rather than later, and the front office is working with him to make sure that everyone is getting along.

Stay tuned for more updates!

Delonte West apologized to his mom on twitter after being suspended indefinitely

While we're still lacking complete details on the 'outburst' in the locker room, we did hear from West early this morning.

Locker room "outburst" after the game was cause of West's suspension

In a developing story, the Mavericks have suspended guard Delonte West after "conduct detrimental to the team".

Delonte West suspended by the Mavericks for "conduct detrimental to the team"

In breaking news, Chuck Cooperstein reports that Rick Carlisle announced a suspension for the second year Dallas guard.