Star point guards kept flying off the market — one to their crosstown rivals, one to Hollywood, one to Dallas — and all theKnicks could do was grit their teeth, cross names off the board and wait for some improbable twist of fate.

That moment, and the point guard, at last arrived Thursday afternoon.

Jason Kidd, who was set to rejoin the Dallas Mavericks, made a late and stunning reversal and agreed to join the Knicks instead. Negotiations were ongoing Thursday evening, and it was not yet clear whether the Knicks would sign Kidd outright or acquire him in a sign-and-trade deal.

via Howard Beck of the New York Times