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December 7, 2007
Kidd: Not tonight, I have a headache?
Nets star guard Jason Kidd sat out Wednesday night's game with a "migraine," at the same time he is chomping at the bit to be traded, a week after Ratner turned down his request for a contract extension:
Adrian Wojnarowski, at Yahoo! Sports:
There was no migraine headache holding Jason Kidd out of the New Jersey Nets' loss to the New York Knicks Wednesday night, but a superstar sending a message to a floundering franchise that he's irate with management and teammates, several league sources told Yahoo! Sports.
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In an act of defiance that has been building for most of this season, Kidd, 34, has grown irritated over his belief that the franchise no longer is chasing greatness while his chance for a championship closes.
Why now cop an attitude? It's not as if owner Bruce Ratner recently refused to extend his contract a year or two past next season. Contrary to widespread reports, that rebuff actually took place before the season began.
(By the way, Kidd will be three dozen years of age at the end of the current deal. The question is, where will the Nets franchise be - New Jersey, Brooklyn or Chavez Ravine?)
[Trivia question: which two of these locations are notorious land grabs?]
Posted by lumi at December 7, 2007 3:57 AM