Despite a mid-season trade that sent veteran NBA All - Star Jason Kidd to Dallas , the Mavericks finished seventh in a highly competitive Western Conference .
The 2007 -- 08 campaign saw another first - round playoffs exit for Nowitzki and his Mavericks .
Despite a mid-season trade that sent veteran NBA All - Star Jason Kidd to Mavericks , the Mavericks finished seventh in a highly competitive Western Conference .
The 2007 -- 08 campaign saw another first - round playoffs exit for Nowitzki and his Mavericks .