Nets assistant coach Eddie Jordan has been granted permission to interview with another team about its head coaching position sometime after the NBA Finals. Nets director of scouting Ed Stefanski may be on his way to Washington to take a job as Wizards general manager.
Most intriguingly, Stefanski may get hired in Washington and bring Jordan with him.
That was the fallout from a busy day in an NBA rumor mill that really got churning once the Wizards finally made it official and fired head coach Doug Collins.
Nets president Rod Thorn confirmed he had given approval to another NBA team to talk to Jordan about its head coaching vacancy, but Thorn would not say which team.
"We gave permission to talk at an appropriate time, yes," Thorn said. "I'm not going to say which team. There are nine possibilities."
There are nine teams with vacancies, but the Raptors, Hawks, Sixers and Clippers seem among the more likely candidates.
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The New Jersey Nets finally could get down to business.
They finally could lock in on the Spurs, their opponent in the NBA Finals. They could focus on watching tape of only one team — not two — and begin to set their game plan.
A day after the Spurs rallied to put down the Dallas Mavericks in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals, the Nets also could begin to answer the tough questions amid an ever-increasing media blitz.
Such as, how do you plan to stop Steve Kerr?
"I think we're going to have to go back and watch some old video of when he was with the Bulls," Nets coach Byron Scott said of the man whose late heroics lifted the Spurs on Thursday.
"But I'll tell you one thing," he added with a smile, "we won't rotate off him. Ever."
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After two days of rest, four days of scrimmages and countless hours speculating on the identity of their opponent in the N.B.A. finals, the Nets could officially focus today on their ultimate matchup of the season.
The Nets, who were swept by the Lakers in last year's finals, do not feel overmatched this time.
San Antonio entered the finals Thursday night, with Steve Kerr helping the Spurs close out the Dallas Mavericks in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals.
The series will begin in San Antonio on Wednesday, and the teams know the title could be decided by two marquee duels: Tim Duncan versus Kenyon Martin and Jason Kidd versus Tony Parker.
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Nets May 2003 Archive
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New York Daily News | May 30, 2003
Day 5 of the Nets' 10-day preparation for the NBA Finals featured two topics of note: Richard Jefferson and the San Antonio Spurs.
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Star-Ledger | May 30, 2003
Byron Scott's agent said yesterday he would embrace an opportunity to discuss a contract extension with the Nets this summer, before the coach has a chance to enter the final season of his four-year deal with the team.
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San Antonio Express-News | May 30, 2003
The Spurs were hung over from their loss two nights earlier and hungry.
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New York Post | May 30, 2003
Jason Kidd is going to San Antonio after all.
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Newark Star-Ledger | May 29, 2003
The end was near, no matter what Kerry Kittles says about it now.
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Newark Star-Ledger | May 29, 2003
Keith Sargeant of Old Bridge camped outside Continental Airlines Arena for 26 hours to buy his NBA Finals tickets.
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Newark Star-Ledger | May 29, 2003
To know how bad the Nets had it just 23 months ago, one must remember this: Jim McIlvaine and Evan Eschmeyer were their centers.
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New York Post | May 29, 2003
Jason Kidd wasn't as offended at the message as much as the messenger.
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New York Daily News | May 29, 2003
Even after admitting to being "totally shocked" by San Antonio's collapse Tuesday night, Byron Scott isn't counting on the Western Conference finals going the full seven games.
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Star-Ledger | May 28, 2003
The Finals were still more than a week away, and Kenyon Martin could feel it coming already: The minor Vesuvius that the Jason Kidd Free Agency Question will be in San Antonio.
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New York Post | May 28, 2003
Three seasons.
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New York Post | May 28, 2003
Jason Kidd, as usual, addressed the media at length yesterday and his session can best be summed up with the following claims and observations:
He doesn't want to talk about free agency and any prospect of ending up in San Antonio.
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Star-Ledger | May 27, 2003
Sure, Nets coach Byron Scott is a Pat Riley disciple, but that doesn't extend to every area, including this one: When Riley's Lakers teams had time off between the Western Conference finals and NBA Finals, Riley took the team -- which included a young Byron Scott -- to the Lakers' training camp facility in Santa Barbara for a week.
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New York Daily News | May 27, 2003
Byron Scott learned yesterday morning that his mentor, Larry Brown, had resigned.
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New York Post | May 27, 2003
With Larry Brown resigning in Philadelphia yesterday and rumored to be headed to either Houston or Cleveland, where do the Sixers go? Byron Scott has a suggestion, as much as it pains him to admit it.
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New York Times | May 27, 2003
For a moment, Byron Scott tried his best to remain politically correct, to point out that the Dallas Mavericks were not done in the Western Conference finals.
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Denver Post | May 26, 2003
The NBA Finals start June 4, about the time Detroit Pistons guard Chauncey Billups expects to return to his hometown for the offseason.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | May 26, 2003
Now that the New Jersey Nets have made shambles of the National Basketball Association Eastern Conference playoffs, are on top of their game, are eagerly awaiting a return to the NBA Finals and are being considered a legitimate championship contender, what do they get to do?
Take 10 days off to cool down.
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New York Post | May 26, 2003
After being teased again by Byron Scott about getting more action in the Detroit series, Dikembe Mutombo got less - four straight DNPs.
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Star-Ledger | May 26, 2003
Jason Kidd's right ankle sprain didn't appear to be much of a big deal in the excitement of Saturday night, and it doesn't appear to be any worse in the calm that followed yesterday.
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New York Times | May 26, 2003
The Nets, dizzy in their own fantasy last season, raced to their first N.
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New York Times | May 26, 2003
The Nets rumbled through a regular season that was up and down but free of much drama or any nightmares.
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Florida Today | May 25, 2003
It's just a matter of time now, really, until the NBA delivers up another heaping helping of delicious irony.
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Star-Ledger | May 25, 2003
The most frightening moment of the Nets' season led very quickly to the most deliriously happy one last night, and if it gave the people at Continental Airlines a case of emotional whiplash, you couldn't hear them complaining about it through all the cheering.
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Star-Ledger | May 25, 2003
We've given this some deep thought -- during a timeout in the third quarter, actually -- and we have decided this is the first thing Byron Scott should do when the team hits Texas on June 3: He should chain-lock the doors to the team's hotel.
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Detroit News | May 25, 2003
The New Jersey Nets have bitter memories of last year's NBA Finals, when they were swept by the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Detroit News | May 25, 2003
New Jersey is on the verge of becoming a state of champions.
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Detroit Free Press | May 25, 2003
Memories of a second Central Division title and overcoming a 3-1 deficit to Orlando in the first round were swept away Saturday night as the New Jersey Nets won their 10th straight playoff game, a 102-82 verdict at Continental Airlines Arena to advance to the NBA Finals for the second straight year.
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New York Post | May 25, 2003
And on the 10th day, they'll rest.
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New York Post | May 25, 2003
Jason Kidd was in so much agony, he needed to put a towel in his mouth as he lay on the court, writhing on the court, his right ankle burning in pain.
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New York Post | May 25, 2003
Before the Pistons sang their swan song, Chucky Atkins took some parting shots at the Nets.
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New York Times | May 25, 2003
The Nets maintained they were not thinking ahead to the N.
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New York Times | May 25, 2003
As Jason Kidd walked off the court with three minutes, and no doubt, remaining tonight in the Nets' 102-82 victory, which capped a four-game sweep of the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference finals, Kenyon Martin clasped Kidd in a bearhug.
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New York Daily News | May 24, 2003
The Washington Wizards appear to be very impressed by the Nets' postseason run.
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Philadelphia Daily News | May 24, 2003
Pat Croce is, you should pardon the expression, standing pat.
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Detroit Free Press | May 24, 2003
There's nothing left for the Pistons to try in their quest to beat New Jersey and advance to the NBA Finals.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | May 24, 2003
The streaking New Jersey Nets, in their own way, would like to offer up a word of thanks to the Milwaukee Bucks.
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New York Times | May 24, 2003
The Nets were in a playful mood today.
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New York Times | May 24, 2003
The Nets are playing with a sense of camaraderie and purpose in the Eastern Conference finals, and are a victory from their second straight trip to the N.
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Newark Star-Ledger | May 23, 2003
Former 76ers president Pat Croce said yesterday he has no interest in taking over in a similar capacity for the Nets.
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Detroit Free Press | May 23, 2003
Cliff Robinson was a bit miffed about the negative coverage he has received during the Eastern Conference finals.
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The Detroit News | May 23, 2003
New Jersey Nets Coach Byron Scott used to play with a pretty good point guard during his playing days with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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The Detroit News | May 23, 2003
Pistons guard Chauncey Billups forced a little smile late Thursday night when asked if he thought the series with the New Jersey Nets would be different if he was 100 percent?
"I think so, but that's water under the dam," Billups said after the Pistons lost to the Nets, 97-85, to fall behind 3-0 in their Eastern Conference final best-of-seven series.
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New York Times | May 23, 2003
Kenyon Martin took off from the opening tip and in the flash of four seconds he laid the ball in the basket, announcing the Nets' bold plans for tonight and beyond.
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Newark Star-Ledger | May 22, 2003
The third game in Boston was the one that grabbed his attention -- specifically the introductions.
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Newark Star-Ledger | May 22, 2003
Good seats are, altogether now, still available for the Nets' Eastern Conference finals game against the Pistons tonight.
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New York Post | May 22, 2003
Byron Scott admits it.
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Detroit News | May 22, 2003
The Pistons might want to think about putting some new wrinkles in their offense in a hurry, like for Game 3 tonight, because the Nets believe they know almost everything the Pistons are running.
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Detroit Free Press | May 22, 2003
Forget, despondent Pistons fans, the what-ifs of the first two games of the Eastern Conference finals.
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Detroit Free Press Columnist Michael Rosenberg | May 22, 2003
Two years ago, New Jersey coach Byron Scott called Richard Jefferson.
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Detroit Free Press | May 22, 2003
The Pistons already have made history this month, becoming the seventh team to overcome a 3-1 deficit in the NBA playoffs.
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New York Times | May 22, 2003
The hard hats have been put away.
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New York Times | May 22, 2003
They flipped on the floodlights a month ago and have been trailing plumes of smoke since.
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Newark Star-Ledger | May 21, 2003
Lou Lamoriello, one of the most successful and powerful sports executives of the past decade, is unlikely to return as chief executive of the Nets next season, according to top executives and investors in the YankeeNets sports company.
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Newark Star-Ledger | May 21, 2003
For whatever he might be telling ESPN, Mike and the Mad Dog, or anyone else -- and he has been making some of his most pro-Nets statements to date in the past few days -- Jason Kidd said yesterday he has yet to make up his mind about what team's uniform he'll be wearing next season.
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Newark Star-Ledger | May 21, 2003
You would think Richard Jefferson would have enjoyed this one.
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New York Daily News | May 21, 2003
Nets president Rod Thorn says he has yet to receive any inquiries from teams looking to interview assistant coach Eddie Jordan for any vacant head coaching positions.
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New York Daily News | May 21, 2003
For the second straight game, the Nets and Pistons were going down to the wire.
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New York Post | May 21, 2003
Jason Kidd and the rest of the Nets skipped off the court in jubilation as an angry Palace mob chanted "Bull-bleep" to protest a last-second non-call.
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New York Post | May 21, 2003
The Nets have endured an unusual array of heartache and worry all season.
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Detroit News | May 21, 2003
Call it the power of positive thinking, if you want.
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Detroit News | May 21, 2003
Pistons guard Jon Barry isn't proud of it, but he knows he has said some things out of emotion on the basketball court.
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Detroit News | May 21, 2003
Michael Curry, after having the afternoon to digest the news, nodded his approval.
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New York Times | May 21, 2003
Lawyers for Jayson Williams, the former basketball player accused of manslaughter in the death of a limousine driver last year, filed court papers today suggesting a potential racial bias by New Jersey state troopers who investigated the case.
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New York Times | May 21, 2003
With his jaw fixed and his feet planted, Jason Kidd had no intention of going for Chauncey Billups's head fake.
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Newark Star-Ledger | May 20, 2003
While his Nets teammates prepared for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals at Oakland University here yesterday, Aaron Williams was 400 miles away at the bedside of his grandmother, who suffered a stroke on Saturday.
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New York Daily News | May 20, 2003
Aaron Williams left the team and the Detroit area yesterday due to a family emergency and may not be available for tonight's Game 2.
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New York Post | May 20, 2003
Center Dikembe Mutombo may get another chance with the Nets tonight.
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Bergen Record | May 20, 2003
Jason Kidd dropped another hint Monday that he's leaning toward re-signing with the Nets after this season when, while answering questions about a weekend televised interview, he said, "To be realistic, I think I'll be in New Jersey.
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Detroit News | May 20, 2003
Pistons point guard Chauncey Billups is sick of talking about how his sprained left ankle is healing.
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Detroit News | May 20, 2003
Kenyon Martin has eight tattoos.
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Detroit News | May 20, 2003
He said it.
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Detroit News | May 20, 2003
You wonder whether the Pistons understand the magnitude of their situation.
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Detroit Free Press | May 20, 2003
Why settle for one game when two are within reach?
If that sentiment -- coming from Nets coach Byron Scott Monday as well as half a dozen of his players -- sounds familiar, there's a reason.
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Detroit Free Press | May 20, 2003
The New Jersey Nets were in an upbeat mood Monday.
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Chicago Tribune | May 20, 2003
On May 21, 2000, New Jersey had the league's seventh-worst regular-season record and entered the NBA draft lottery with a 4.
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New York Times | May 20, 2003
In the darkness of the video room, on the chalkboards of the offices of some of the best defensive minds in the coaching profession, the problem has been pored over.
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New York Times | May 19, 2003
Jason Kidd could not see the end of the rainbow he had spun off his fingertips.
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Detroit Free Press | May 19, 2003
The Pistons were already well versed in Tayshaun Prince's versatility before last summer's NBA draft.
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Detroit Free Press | May 19, 2003
Part of Joe Dumars' blueprint for this season came from New Jersey.
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Detroit News | May 19, 2003
There were a mere 1.
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Detroit News | May 19, 2003
New Jersey's Richard Jefferson went from being a happy member of a winning team to aggressively defending his word about a half hour after the Nets' 76-74 victory over the Pistons in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals on Sunday at The Palace.
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Detroit News Columnist Bob Wojnowski | May 19, 2003
It ended with a miss.
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Detroit News | May 19, 2003
The Pistons have once again put themselves behind the eight ball.
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Detroit News | May 19, 2003
Praise Jason Kidd's rainbow, fall-away, 20-foot, winning shot.
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New York Post | May 19, 2003
Jason Kidd knocked the ball away from Richard Hamilton at midcourt, dove on the floor and tipped it to Richard Jefferson, who raced in for a right-handed windmill jam right out of a Slam-Dunk competition.
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New York Post | May 19, 2003
For three quarters, Jason Collins was outrebounding Ben Wallace, the very best boarder on the planet for the past two years.
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New York Post | May 19, 2003
Could someone please explain once again how Kenyon Martin was not on the NBA's All-Defense team?
The Pistons yesterday would give no argument for Martin's inclusion.
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Washington Post Columnist Tony Kornheiser | May 19, 2003
Go ahead, keep telling yourself that the NBA playoffs are in great shape because now you'll get to see the "new stars" of the NBA.
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New York Times | May 19, 2003
When Tayshaun Prince spun into the lane midway through the second quarter against the Nets today, floating the ball toward the basket, there was no reason for him to believe his shot wouldn't drop into the basket.
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New York Times | May 19, 2003
Jason Kidd could not see the end of the rainbow he had spun off his fingertips.
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Chicago Sun-Times | May 18, 2003
The failed partnership between Michael Jordan and Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin came as no surprise to former Jordan running mate Scottie Pippen.
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Miami Herald | May 18, 2003
We know about Jason Kidd.
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New York Daily News | May 18, 2003
There were Detroit Pistons banners, "Bad Boys" posters and pictures all over his room.
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Detroit News | May 18, 2003
The New Jersey Nets thrive on transition basketball, and Jason Kidd is the reason they're so dangerous.
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Detroit News | May 18, 2003
Pistons veteran Cliff Robinson knew the question was coming Saturday, but that still didn't stop him for scowling for a second.
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Detroit News | May 18, 2003
The ball hasn't even been tossed up yet and already things are getting testy between the Pistons and New Jersey Nets.
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Detroit News | May 18, 2003
It's the hare vs.
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New York Post | May 18, 2003
The Nets just want Jason Collins to limit Ben Wallace's rebounding.
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New York Post | May 18, 2003
The Pistons want to stop the Nets' transition game.
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Washington Post | May 18, 2003
Kenyon Martin has a secret.
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New York Times | May 18, 2003
They are hard-nosed and blue collar.
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New York Post | May 17, 2003
Byron Scott wanted his Nets back on the court "as soon as possible.
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Detroit Free Press | May 17, 2003
It's on to the Eastern Conference finals.
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New York Times | May 17, 2003
The Nets came to practice this morning knowing that they would not have to face the Los Angeles Lakers in the playoffs this year.
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N.Y. Daily News | May 16, 2003
Dikembe Mutombo has logged just 33 minutes this postseason, including a grand total of three minutes against the Celtics.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | May 16, 2003
Kerry Kittles and his New Jersey Nets teammates returned to practice yesterday for the first time since completing a sweep of the Boston Celtics on Monday in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
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New York Post | May 16, 2003
Not only has Kenyon Martin been the best Net in these playoffs, he's also the most confident.
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New York Times | May 16, 2003
It was 10 years ago this month when Derrick Coleman was a young star carrying his team.
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New York Times | May 16, 2003
The Nets returned to practice today after two days off and at least three days away from playing Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.
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New York Daily News | May 15, 2003
Byron Scott sees the difference in the little things.
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New York Post | May 15, 2003
The Lakers sought a "Three-peat" in 1989, looking to defend their two-title run against the Pistons.
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New York Daily News | May 14, 2003
For the second straight year, the Nets were holding a private party inside the FleetCenter visitor's locker room, celebrating the elimination of bitter rival Boston.
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New York Post | May 14, 2003
If the Nets are thinking anything like Dr.
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New York Times | May 14, 2003
The Nets were dancing again in the visitors' locker room of the Fleet Center, dancing in the now hallowed site where they have celebrated the franchise's most significant postseason accomplishments in the N.
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Boston Herald | May 13, 2003
The walk was long.
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New York Daily News | May 13, 2003
Joumana Kidd doesn't see her family leaving town this summer.
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New York Times | May 13, 2003
Jason Kidd dropped his calling card, a 3-pointer, on the parquet at the buzzer and ushered the Nets into elite company.
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Star Ledger | May 12, 2003
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Boston Globe | May 12, 2003
Paul Pierce felt good enough after practice yesterday to joke about his injured right leg.
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Boston Herald | May 12, 2003
In the second half of Friday's game at the FleetCenter, long-time season ticket-holder Mike Rotondi rose from his courtside seat.
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Boston Herald | May 12, 2003
The knowledge that their front office has just undergone a major shift with the hiring of Danny Ainge isn't occupying the Celtics' minds on the eve of what could be their last game of their season.
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Boston Herald | May 12, 2003
Antoine Walker insists the Celtics' system functioned properly for him in Boston's three straight losses to the New Jersey Nets.
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Boston Herald | May 12, 2003
Paul Pierce didn't rule out an improbable reversal of fortune for the Celtics after yesterday's practice at The Sports Authority Center in Waltham.
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New York Post | May 12, 2003
With Ainge back, Kidd would consider Celts
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New York Post | May 12, 2003
Joumana Kidd finally defended herself against suspended Boston columnist Bob Ryan's barbs and the perception she is a bad mother because she schleps her 4-year-old son, T.
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New York Post | May 12, 2003
The banners tell the stories better than any of the players can.
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New York Times | May 12, 2003
As Kenyon Martin dogged Antoine Walker throughout Game 3 on Friday, he saw frustration flash like a blinking billboard across Walker's face.
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Boston Globe | May 11, 2003
There are few playoff fates worse than a four-game sweep, though the Kings could offer the Celtics a sobering perspective on loss.
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NY Daily News | May 11, 2003
A sold-out crowd of 18,624 began its attack on Jason Kidd with chants of "wife-beater" late in the third quarter of Friday night's Game 3.
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Newsday | May 11, 2003
Boston - Only an NBA title could be more satisfying than the way the Nets walked into FleetCenter on Friday night and tuned out the nasty taunts, turned off the crowd noise, tore off a little piece of Celtics tradition and stomped on it in front of Red Auerbach and a pantheon of former Green-and-White greats to move one victory away from sweeping their Eastern Conference semifinal series.
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San Francisco Chronicle | May 11, 2003
New Jersey Nets forward Kenyon Martin complained in late January about being left off the Eastern Conference All-Star team.
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New York Times | May 11, 2003
Paul Pierce made his way to the podium, dragging his stiff right leg, and finally reached his seat, slumping into the chair.
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New York Times | May 11, 2003
Never in their brief playoff history have the Nets been the ones wielding the broom.
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Sports Ticker | May 10, 2003
The NBA is investigating an incident in which Boston Celtics forward Antoine Walker pushed a fan.
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Boston Globe | May 10, 2003
And here we were worrying about how the Boston fans were going to treat the New Jersey Nets.
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New York Daily News | May 10, 2003
Before Games 1 and 2 of this series, Byron Scott sat down with Danny Ainge and filled the then-TNT analyst in on some of his strategy for beating the Celtics.
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Boston Globe | May 10, 2003
New executive director of basketball operations Danny Ainge said he would not meet with players until after the Celtics finished their postseason run.
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New York Post | May 10, 2003
Responding to Byron Scott's rips, Celtics fans lived up to their "outrageous" hype last night, even as their basketball team again floundered.
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New York Times | May 10, 2003
The noise was still deafening, a hostile screech from every corner of the Fleet Center, when Richard Jefferson floated toward the basket for his first shot of the night.
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New York Times | May 10, 2003
Jason Kidd's desire burned far more than his ears did tonight as raucous Celtics fans hurled insults and booed him all game.
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N.Y. Daily News | May 9, 2003
Byron Scott was speechless.
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Boston Herald | May 9, 2003
Celtics ownership is hoping the FleetCenter crowd can give the Nets a hard time when the Eastern Conference semifinals move here tonight.
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New York Post | May 9, 2003
Kenyon Martin stared down at the All-Defensive Team lists released by the NBA.
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New York Times | May 9, 2003
San Antonio.
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New York Times | May 9, 2003
When the conversation at the Fours, a longtime sports bar across the street from the Fleet Center, turned from the Red Sox and the Boston Globe columnist Bob Ryan to Nets Coach Byron Scott, it brought as much curiosity as rage.
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New York Times | May 9, 2003
The Nets have been there before, tossed into the Fleet Center's boiling pot of taunts and amplified aggression.
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Boston Globe | May 8, 2003
The Nets requested that questions directed to Jason Kidd in a postgame press conference pertain only to New Jersey's 104-95 win last night in Game 2.
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Boston Herald | May 8, 2003
Antoine Walker wouldn't make a good Red Sox.
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NY Post | May 8, 2003
Byron Scott ripped Celtics fans yesterday during a radio interview, calling them "crazy," saying they come to games "juiced up" from "drinking," and agreeing they've been slow to embrace the black athlete.
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New York Times | May 8, 2003
The defenders had cleared out to other spots.
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New York Times | May 8, 2003
Without looking ahead or behind or even glancing at the off-court issues gusting around them, the Nets channeled their energy tonight into a tunnel that left no room for the Boston Celtics.
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Newsday | May 7, 2003
To watch Jason Kidd firing virtuoso passes against the Celtics Monday night and playing with the same relentlessness he always does was to wish Kidd would just end the mystery already.
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NY Post | May 7, 2003
The Boston Globe yesterday suspended columnist Bob Ryan for one month without pay, and members of the Nets expressed anger and disbelief - coach Byron Scott said he believed Ryan should be fired - over the journalist's televised comments that he'd "like to smack" Jason Kidd's wife, Joumana, for what he termed "exhibitionist" behavior.
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Boston Herald | May 7, 2003
The Celtics may be looking to get more physical tonight, as Eric Williams strongly suggested after their Game 1 loss to the Nets.
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Boston Herald | May 7, 2003
Others can worry about losing sleep.
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Boston Herald | May 7, 2003
Talk has resurfaced of the Celtics as a one-man team.
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Boston Herald | May 7, 2003
Rookie point guard JR Bremer learned to equate transition with speed after one playoff game against the Nets.
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New York Times | May 7, 2003
The catcalls began before the opening tip.
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Boston Globe | May 7, 2003
Sports columnist Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe was suspended yesterday for one month without pay for what the paper said were inappropriate remarks directed at the wife of New Jersey Nets star Jason Kidd.
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Boston Herald | May 6, 2003
The frustration was almost too real for Antoine Walker to bear last night.
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Boston Herald | May 6, 2003
Paul Pierce was so successful for three quarters that he forced the New Jersey Nets to change their defensive philosophy in the fourth.
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New York Times | May 6, 2003
The Nets did not know what to call their suffocating fourth-quarter defense.
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Boston Globe | May 5, 2003
Attention, K-Mart stoppers! The Celtics' worry list for the Nets series may start with Jason Kidd.
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New York Post | May 5, 2003
Jeff Van Gundy thought it before the season began and thinks it now.
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New York Times | May 5, 2003
EVERYONE likes to talk about team play and role players, but the formula for an N.
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New York Times | May 5, 2003
Jason Kidd's reflection flashed onto the Eastern Conference championship trophy when he kissed it in Boston last May.
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NY Daily News | May 4, 2003
Dikembe Mutombo might have another streak snapped in this playoff series - his three-game string of DNP's.
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NY Daily News | May 4, 2003
While the Nets were formulating their plan last July to reload for another Finals run, Jim O'Brien was flying across the country desperately trying just to keep his Celtics roster intact.
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Newark Star Ledger | May 4, 2003
Forward Kenyon Martin averaged 22.
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New York Times | May 3, 2003
orn out of the verbal slings, bitter stings and side-by-side snapshots of triumph and despair from last year's heated Eastern Conference finals, the Nets-Celtics rivalry may be ready to rise to another level starting Monday at Continental Arena.
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Newark Star-Ledger | May 3, 2003
There were certain things Byron Scott had to say yesterday, certain noises he was required to make whether he believed in them or not.
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Boston Herald | May 2, 2003
Paul Pierce stopped short of calling last night's 110-90 series-clinching victory over Indiana a minor inconvenience, noting the team let Game 5 slip away Tuesday night in overtime instead of closing out the Pacers in five games.
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New York Post | May 2, 2003
The message was delivered with crystal clarity every time Kenyon Martin melted the Milwaukee defense, every time Richard Jefferson scraped his head against the Bradley Center ceiling.
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Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | May 2, 2003
The night was a frustration-filled one for the Milwaukee Bucks.
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Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | May 2, 2003
When the Milwaukee Bucks traded for Gary Payton in mid-February, the expectation was for the development of a tougher, more defensive-minded team, preferably in time for the playoffs.
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New York Times | May 2, 2003
In the morning, Kenyon Martin sat slumped in a locker stall, a baseball cap pulled nearly over his eyes, and explained away his latest disappointment.
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New York Times | May 2, 2003
Kenyon Martin saw the towels printed with purple and green lettering that read "Yes We Can" adorning the 18,717 seats at the Bradley Center tonight.
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Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | May 1, 2003
Fortunately, a majority of the Milwaukee Bucks have experienced this during their respective National Basketball Association careers.
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New York Post | May 1, 2003
For once, Richard Jefferson seemed speechless.
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New York Daily News | May 1, 2003
Why play.
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New York Times | May 1, 2003
Gary Payton walked gingerly along the sideline of the Milwaukee Bucks' practice court today, heading to the locker room for treatment as his teammates completed what could be their final practice of the season.
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Newsday | May 1, 2003
Forget any talk of kicking back and relaxing.
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