Jason Kidd was playing coy Tuesday afternoon, saying that several Mavericks would stay behind in Dallas and sit out the preseason opener against Oklahoma City in Tulsa.
A few hours later, what he had hinted at was official.
Davis Bertans will be held out because of a right knee effusion that has kept him out of the last two days of practices. And JaVale McGee will sit out to rest a sprained left ankle that Kidd said was suffered early in practice on Monday.
It is expected that several other Mavericks, possibly including Luka Donu010diu0107 will not make the trip to Tulsa, although that had not been confirmed by the team Tuesday evening.