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Nets near trade of Kidd to Mavs, but it hits a snag
TORONTO -- The Jason Kidd Era, a 6 1/2-year basketball odyssey that included unprecedented success -- and ultimately too much ego maintenance for the Nets to tolerate -- may be on the verge of ending. Team president Rod Thorn was trying to finalize a franchise-changing transaction yesterday, when he agreed to send the Nets captain to the Dallas Mavericks for a package of players and draft ...
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The Morning After The Night Before, XLVII
Doug Smith's Toronto Raptors blog — What a night that was. Trade breaks down just as we’re tucking into an adult beverage but the good folks at the Harbour Sports Grille are prepared for such an occasion so Bea Arthur, I mean B. Arthur and I fire up the laptops sitting at the table and re-write. The wonders of wireless Internet. Anyway, gotta slap this up ‘cause there’s a plane to catch and all-star weekend to start and I’ll chronicle all the hijinks starting first thing tomorrow morning from New Orleans. Three Things I Learned Let’s make a deal. Or not What to make of this whole fiasco? Well, I’d hate ...

Four-Point Play: NO TRIP-LE DOUB-LESSS!
Courtside — ... at his desk) reported, the Nets and Mavs are in too deep to let Devean Who stop the trade. • This is quite the arms race in the West. Here's the sequence so far: 1. Warriors added Webber 2. Lakers added Pow! Gasol 3. Spurs added Mighty Mouse 4. Suns added Shaq 5. Mavs close to adding Kidd Who's next in the line of dominoes? My guess is the Rockets. Rafer may be on a hot streak, but he's no playoff PG. In the East, I'd say the Cavaliers, who hasn't had a true starting PG in recent memory. What team do you think will get in on the trade party? Share your guess in the ...

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