On Tuesday, Devean George was hospitalized with a stomach ailment that could knock him out of the opener.

"We think it's a food deal, but he's had this problem before," coach Avery Johnson said. "Now it's kind of come back again, and this time it's even worse than the first time. So we'll have to evaluate it."

Tired of dealing with the NBA?s ?hypocrisy,? Mavericks owner Mark Cuban pulled the plug on his league-approved satellite radio show before it ever aired.

Cuban agreed to begin doing a two-hour Sunday talk show, Mark Cuban?s Radio Maverick, on SIRIUS as part of the NBA?s multimillion dollar broadcast agreement with the satellite network.

Instead, he dropped out of the show citing a difference of opinion with the league and fellow owners on myriad issues, including the recent passage of an owners? code of conduct.

?It was a culmination of many things in my relationship with the NBA,? Cuban said via e-mail. ?I decided to make my decision public because of e-mails from potential listeners and because of the information that some of the other owners or the league leaked to the media this week.?

Warriors' coach Don Nelson is exploring using legal means to recoup as much as $6 million in deferred payments earned before Ross Perot Jr. sold the franchise to Cuban in 2000.

"Mark Cuban has been very good to me and my family, but he doesn't like me very much," Nelson said. "I've asked nicely for it [the deferred payment]. We'll see what happens from here."

Cuban declined to comment.

Erick Dampier was having one of his best training camps in his career until he injured his right hip.

"Obviously, I've been out the last couple of days, so I'm probably not going to start out starting the season, which works perfectly fine for me," Dampier said. "I'll probably come off the bench and go out there and do whatever I can, for sure, to make this team win."

Dampier was able to practice on Saturday.

"He just looked strong," Johnson said. "He got through practice today pretty good, so now we're all about looking at recovery."

After re-signing Jason Terry and rewarding Dirk Nowitzki with an extension, the Mavericks have taken care of their best two-way player.

The Mavericks on Saturday signed swingman Josh Howard to a contract extension. Terms of the deal were not announced, but ESPN.com reported last week that Howard agreed to a four-year deal worth more than $40 million.

Dallas needed to sign Howard to an extension by October 31 to prevent him from becoming a restricted free agent in July.

The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have waived forward Ndudi Ebi.  Ebi appeared in five preseason games, averaging 5.2 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.20 blocks in 14.0 minutes per game.  The Mavericks roster now stands at 15.

Originally the 26th overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft by Minnesota, Ebi (6-9, 200) appeared in 19 games over two seasons with the Timberwolves.  Although he averaged just 0.8 points and 0.2 rebounds in 17 games as a rookie, Ebi played the final two games of 2004-05 for Minnesota and averaged 13.5 points and 8.0 rebounds.

Mark Cuban has resisted staging an All-Star Game at American Airlines Center because of the lack of available seats for Mavs season ticket holders.

The Cowboys are building a retractable-roof stadium, which is scheduled to open in 2009 and will have the capability to host major basketball events, such as a Final Four.

Cuban confirmmed that he discussed staging the NBA All-Star Game in that stadium at the Board of Governors meeting.

"With how many the new Cowboys stadium is going to fit," Cuban said, "we can take care of all our season ticket holders."

For the first time this preseason, starting guard Jason Terry wil be in uniform when the Mavericks face LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Pittsburgh tonight.

Terry sat out the first six preseason games with soreness on the top of his right foot.

"I'm feeling good, full of energy and very excited," Terry said after Tuesday's practice. "I'm actually feeling a lot stronger, but I'll continue to rehab and continue to strengthen it."

Dallas was once a place that nobody in the NBA wanted to play, but all of that changed when Mark Cuban purchased the club.

"Everybody wants to play in Dallas," said Devean George, one of the Mavericks' off-season acquisitions. "You know Mark is going to take care of you and put the team in position to win. ... This organization has a lot of stability, and players like that."

Darius Washington was waived by the Mavericks on Friday.

Jose Barea and forward Ndudi Ebi have also been competing for the final roster spot.

As far as Barea or Ebi making the roster, coach Avery Johnson said: "I'm just waiting for one of them to show me something special."