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March 10, 2008
Report: Kidd says he didn't quit on Nets
ESPN.com
Recently traded point guard Jason Kidd tells ESPN that he didn't quit on the Nets, and explains that the team has struggled since developer Bruce Ratner bought the team to be a centerpiece for the controversial Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn:
"I didn't quit on the team," Kidd told the Daily News. "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. 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."
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Kidd led the Nets to back-to-back NBA Finals appearances in 2002 and 2003 but he said the team never recovered after Kenyon Martin and Kerry Kittles were dealt in 2004 in cost-cutting moves after Bruce Ratner bought the team.
Posted by lumi at March 10, 2008 4:25 AM