Kidd : Quitter Accusations Are Giving Me A Migrane
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... “I didn’t quit on the team,” says the Mavs’ Jason Kidd of his exit from Jersey to the Daily News’ Ohm Youngmisuk, insisting “I gave everything that I could give to the Nets. There were no more rabbits that I could pull out of the hat. There were no more rabbits that Rod (Thorn) could pull out of a hat. That is as far as they could go. I took them as high as I could.” Indeed, it’s not as though he could’ve gotten Bryon Scott fired a second time. ...
First Cup: Thursday
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Ohm Youngmisuk of the New York Daily News: "'When I asked to be traded (this season), it was more or less (to get) everybody to look at themselves to see if they are doing their job,' [Jason Kidd] added. 'That is from top-to-bottom, including myself. Are we giving the best effort here as a whole? Is everybody living up to what their expectations are of themselves? People sometimes look at it as a crime that you shouldn't try to ask people to be better. Coaches ask players to be better. Why couldn't players ask coaches or management to get better? It is ...
Kidd says 'Ride was over' with Nets
Sports Scope —
With the Mavericks due to face his former team Saturday in Dallas, Jason Kidd cleared the air about his departure from the New Jersey Nets."I didn't quit on the team,'' Kidd tells the New York Daily News."The ride was over. At the end of the day, I gave everything that I could give to the Nets. There were no more rabbits that I could pull out of the hat." Before coming to Dallas in an eight-player trade last month, Kidd helped get the Nets into the NBA Finals twice."That is as far as they could go," Kidd said. "I took them as high as I could."
Jason Kidd Is Sticking to His Story
SLAM Online —
by Marcel Mutoni
By now, everyone has accepted and dealt with the notion that Kidd forced his way out of Jersey. It was obvious to anyone who followed the team: his agent was said to be demanding a trade (which Jason denied, naturally); Kidd sat out a game with a “migraine”; and when the point guard came out and said the Nets were terrible and had no hope, the writing was on the wall.
Kidd, though, insists that he was playing hard until his last second in a Net uniform.
“I didn’t quit on the team,” ...
