Tick, tick, tick . . . Metaphorically, that is the increasingly loud, and urgent, sound of not one, but multiple clocks ticking in Jason Kidd’s mind. It’s challenging enough that a torrent of injuries forced Kidd and his staff to piecemeal the Mavericks’ center position with spare parts,

Dallas remains without P.J. Washington, Dwight Powell, Caleb Martin, Anthony Davis, Dereck Lively II and Daniel Gafford.

Dallas Mavericks star P.J. Washington is sidelined for Thursday's game against his former team, the Charlotte Hornets.

Washington has been sidelined for six of the Mavericks' last seven games due to a right ankle sprain, but the sixth-year forward out of Kentucky will play Friday without a minutes restriction. Despite the Mavericks being without Anthony Davis (adductor),

P.J. Washington, who had been playing some of his best basketball before the break, is on the injury report with a right ankle sprain.

Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd is utilizing a certain starting lineup shakeup that fans would have never expected.

After so much hysteria surrounded Luka Doncic playing his first game against the Mavericks in Los Angeles Tuesday night, Thursday was bound to be a bit of a letdown. P.J. Washington firing jumpers against his former Charlotte Hornets mates (and not for the first time) doesn’t have quite the same cache.