The NBA, after speaking to Spurs officials Friday, decided there was no tampering connected to Jason Kidd's plan to visit San Antonio.
After the Nets star's plan to visit San Antonio on July6 and 7 was disclosed Thursday, some people wondered how he arrived at those dates. Spurs GM R.C. Buford told a San Antonio reporter that was the first he had heard of such a visit.
No team may negotiate with Kidd or his agent, Jeff Schwartz, before Tuesday, when free agents become free to talk to anyone.
"We spoke to the Spurs to make sure nobody was to (make contact) in an inappropriate manner," a league spokesman said.
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Summertime, and the livin' is easy. The hard part, for NBA free agents, is finding teams offering maximum salary slots.
Jason Kidd is almost guaranteed to get "max" money, whether it's from the Nets or Spurs.
But as free agency starts Tuesday for 142 other free agents, including 13 former All-Stars, just about everyone else is going to feel the effects of a league-wide recession.
Only four teams - the Spurs, Nuggets, Jazz and Clippers, who never spend any money - have the potential to offer maximum salaries. A handful of teams, including the Heat, could be anywhere from $4 million to $6 million under the cap.
But the vast majority of teams are either capped out or wary of over-spending because of the luxury tax. So the best they can do is offer the $4.5 million exception. That's not exactly big money, but times are tough all over.
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After surviving the first round of cuts for the United States junior national team earlier this month, Al Jefferson, a 6-foot-9 high school senior, wrote USA Basketball a letter saying he would not be joining the team.
Instead of playing for his country in a prestigious international competition against top-flight opponents, Jefferson chose to play for his Nike-sponsored summer traveling team. Jefferson, one of the top — if not the top — high school seniors in the country, will play at Nike's all-American camp in Indianapolis in July and help his Amateur Athletic Union team defend the national championship it won last summer.
So while the junior national team practiced this week under the eyes of top college coaches at the American Airlines Center — where the Dallas Mavericks practice — Jefferson was hoping his high school coach in Prentiss, Miss., would unlock the gym, according to Larry Stamps, Jefferson's summer traveling team coach.
"He had made some prior commitments," Stamps said of Jefferson in a telephone interview. "Obviously, he respects USA Basketball a lot. But we all have to make tough decisions sometime in our life."
Basketball's changing culture, and its focus on self-interest, has undermined the junior national team and the Pan American team.
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Nets Jun 2003 Archive
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New York Times | Jun 29, 2003
Zoran Planinic woke up to air-raid sirens when he was 10 years old and followed his mother and older sister downstairs into the basement.
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New York Post | Jun 28, 2003
Claims that Jason Kidd will visit San Antonio July 6-7 as part of his free agency experience yesterday triggered a chain of questions and denials regarding potential illegal contact before the July 1 negotiating period.
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Star-Ledger | Jun 27, 2003
Jason Kidd will visit San Antonio, probably on July 6 and 7, and he hopes to make his decision on where he'll sign by July 16, the earliest a free agent can sign a contract.
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New York Post | Jun 27, 2003
Free agent negotiating can get under way on July 1.
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New York Post | Jun 27, 2003
As early plans for The Jason Kidd Summer 2003 Free Agency Tour were being announced on television, the Nets went and drafted a point guard, going overseas for their first round pick for a second straight year.
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Star-Ledger | Jun 27, 2003
As the story gets told now, the waiting began a little more than two weeks ago, when a team and a player found each other but had to hang around to see if their newfound love would be a lasting one.
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Star-Ledger | Jun 27, 2003
Jason Kidd will visit San Antonio, probably on July 6 and 7, and he hopes to make his decision on where he'll sign by July 16, the earliest a free agent can sign a contract.
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New York Times | Jun 27, 2003
The Nets had been coveting one particular point guard for two weeks, and they secured him tonight with the No.
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New York Daily News | Jun 26, 2003
Negotiations cannot take place until July 1, but Nets president Rod Thorn plans to have an informal conversation with Jason Kidd's agent, Jeff Schwartz, perhaps today.
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New York Post | Jun 26, 2003
As the Nets await tonight's NBA Draft with the No.
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New York Times | Jun 26, 2003
Rod Thorn, the Nets' president, will accept phone calls from league executives on draft day as usual, but one call will draw more interest than any young shooter, backup point guard or big man the Nets are coveting at No.
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New York Daily News | Jun 25, 2003
The Nets may be miles away from the lottery when they pick 22nd in tomorrow's draft.
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New York Post | Jun 25, 2003
The Nets' problem with tomorrow's night NBA Draft is, basically, about 17 or 18 problems.
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Dallas Morning News Writer Eddie Sefko | Jun 24, 2003
No matter where Jason Kidd shows up these days, he becomes instant news – even if there is little or no tangible evidence that the news possesses any foundation.
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New York Post | Jun 24, 2003
The strategy has not been mapped out in full.
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New York Times | Jun 24, 2003
Jason Kidd cannot begin contract talks with the Nets or other suitors until July 1, but he indicated yesterday that the Nets' plans for the rest of the team would be a factor in his choice of an employer for next season.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jun 23, 2003
Every NBA Draft begins with a theme, and the 2003 version will be no different.
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New York Post | Jun 22, 2003
One Ed is gone, but another stays with the Nets.
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New York Daily News | Jun 22, 2003
Questions and answers as Jason Kidd begins packing his bags:
Why was Kidd recently telling old friends from Cal that he's set on leaving the Nets, if the Spurs meet his salary demands?
The way Kidd was telling it, he's tired of Byron Scott's demanding practices and all the running the Nets do when he'd rather be resting.
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New York Daily News | Jun 22, 2003
Questions and answers as Jason Kidd begins packing his bags:
Why was Kidd recently telling old friends from Cal that he's set on leaving the Nets, if the Spurs meet his salary demands?
The way Kidd was telling it, he's tired of Byron Scott's demanding practices and all the running the Nets do when he'd rather be resting.
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New York Post | Jun 22, 2003
Intent on not losing another asset (ala Eddie Jordan to the Wizards; $12.
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New York Post | Jun 22, 2003
A high school player will go first.
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New York Daily News | Jun 21, 2003
After losing assistant Eddie Jordan to Washington, the Nets organization could lose two more key members.
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New York Post | Jun 20, 2003
The plan was to get a director of basketball operations in place and then get a coach.
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Washington Post | Jun 20, 2003
Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin, spurned by Larry Brown and Jeff Van Gundy, realized he could not let Eddie Jordan get away, too.
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Washington Post | Jun 19, 2003
Eddie Jordan, a Washington native who played basketball for Archbishop Carroll High School, will be named head coach of the Washington Wizards, league sources confirmed.
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Sacramento Bee Columnist Mark Kreidler | Jun 19, 2003
Well, hi, and welcome to the Rain On Your Parade Hotline.
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Newsday | Jun 19, 2003
If free agent Jason Kidd were one year younger, the Nets could offer him a seven-year contract worth $116 million to $121 million, depending on where the salary cap is set for the 2003-04 season.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 19, 2003
Tim Duncan didn't issue a two-word statement like Michael Jordan.
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New York Times | Jun 19, 2003
Relaxed in a T-shirt and sweat pants, Jason Kidd walked off the Nets' practice court today with a smile, heading for vacation, free agency and points unknown.
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New York Times | Jun 19, 2003
Eddie Jordan, the Nets' top assistant coach, accepted the Washington Wizards' head-coaching job yesterday, according to two people familiar with the Wizards.
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Bergen Record | Jun 18, 2003
The first domino in a busy Nets' off-season could fall as soon as the end of this week if assistant coach Eddie Jordan leaves for a head-coaching job in Philadelphia or Washington.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jun 18, 2003
While there is a rule that says the Nets cannot begin negotiating with their free-agent players until July 1, there's nothing prohibiting them from engaging in contract extension negotiations with their future free-agent head coach, Byron Scott.
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Philadelphia Daily News | Jun 18, 2003
Eddie Jordan and Bob McAdoo, a guard from Rutgers and a shooting forward from North Carolina, won NBA championship rings together with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1981-82.
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N.Y. Daily News | Jun 18, 2003
Nets assistant coach Eddie Jordan interviewed with the Sixers yesterday and is expected to talk to the Washington Wizards today about their head-coaching job, league sources said.
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New York Post | Jun 18, 2003
Bernard King understands all the factors that go into making a decision when you become a free agent.
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New York Post | Jun 18, 2003
The off-season officially has begun for the Nets.
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Washington Post | Jun 18, 2003
Eddie Jordan, the lead assistant coach with the New Jersey Nets, is expected to interview with the Washington Wizards today for the team's head coaching job, a day after speaking to the Philadelphia 76ers for a second time about their vacancy.
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New York Times | Jun 18, 2003
While Jason Kidd started to rest his mind and body before thinking of his future, Eddie Jordan, the Nets' top assistant coach, explored his options in Philadelphia yesterday.
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Newsday | Jun 18, 2003
If San Antonio tries to sign free-agent Nets star Jason Kidd after beating New Jersey for the NBA title, money won't be the deciding factor.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | Jun 17, 2003
Eddie Jordan, coveted as a head coach by the 76ers and the Washington Wizards, could receive job offers from both teams within a few days, numerous NBA sources said yesterday.
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New York Daily News | Jun 17, 2003
Jason Kidd did not fly back with his teammates following their second straight NBA Finals loss.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 17, 2003
Jason Kidd could have just taken a right turn.
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Washington Post | Jun 17, 2003
New Jersey Nets assistant coach Eddie Jordan is expected to interview for the Washington Wizards' vacant head coaching job this week, possibly as soon as today, a league source said.
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New York Times | Jun 17, 2003
The fluttering confetti fell like taunts on the Nets' hanging heads as they witnessed another championship celebration that was not for them.
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New York Times | Jun 17, 2003
This city is still glowing from the excitement of winning the N.
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New York Times | Jun 17, 2003
Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich wanted to relish the moment.
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Boston Globe | Jun 16, 2003
Jason Kidd has been intentionally vague about his plans for next season.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 16, 2003
He had waited 19 seasons and almost 41 years for the moment, and when it arrived Kevin Willis couldn't contain himself.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 16, 2003
Walking down an SBC Center hallway late Sunday night, Jason Kidd was close enough to smell champagne and hear a celebration just around the corner, but he never made it far enough to see the inside the Spurs' locker room.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 16, 2003
There were strong memories of 1999 at the SBC Center on Sunday night.
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Denver Post Columnist Mark Kiszla | Jun 16, 2003
Where have you gone, David Thompson? A sport with no shot, zero finesse and even less excitement turns its lonely eyes to you.
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New York Daily News | Jun 16, 2003
This summer, Rod Thorn is going to do what he does every year - spend some time with the Kidds.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 16, 2003
An arena danced.
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New York Daily News | Jun 16, 2003
If the San Antonio Spurs come after Jason Kidd on July 1, when he becomes a free agent, here's what he has to weigh:
He can stay in New Jersey and try to win a third straight Eastern Conference title, while playing in a half-empty arena in the regular season.
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New York Post | Jun 16, 2003
Jason Kidd could have ended so much suspense.
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New York Post | Jun 16, 2003
After an ailing effort where he refused to point to his sickness as a reason for a bad Game 5, Kenyon Martin vowed not to have a second straight clunker in Game 6.
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New York Times | Jun 16, 2003
"We Are the Champions" was blaring at an ear-splitting level, confetti was falling like snow at the SBC Center, the San Antonio Spurs were hugging and dancing and laughing, and Jason Kidd had a slight smirk on his face.
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New York Times | Jun 16, 2003
The Spurs' championship party began in earnest tonight with 35.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 15, 2003
Kenyon Martin has had plenty of flu medication by now, and perhaps something for his eight-turnover disease, too.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 15, 2003
The Spurs returned home Saturday afternoon to the heat and the humidity and 3,000 fans lining the street.
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New York Daily News | Jun 15, 2003
Forget the wining and dining on the Riverwalk.
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New York Post | Jun 15, 2003
One game.
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New York Times | Jun 15, 2003
The word hung in the air at Continental Arena on Friday night as the Nets prepared for a trip to Texas, not knowing whether to pack enough for one or two games in the N.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 14, 2003
They were tired, frustrated and didn't feel like talking to anybody.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jun 14, 2003
After spending two days in bed with the flu, which struck him just before Game 4, Kenyon Martin could have blamed his four-point performance last night in Game 5 on the bug.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 14, 2003
Before he knocked down a three, before he drained a 15-footer, before he stirred memories of fourth quarter heroics against the Mavericks, Steve Kerr stuck a defensive dagger in the side of the Nets.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 14, 2003
Getting from the locker room to the team bus wasn't easy for Malik Rose after Game 5 of the NBA Finals.
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New York Daily News | Jun 14, 2003
Fire damaged 10 cars in a parking lot at the arena during the game.
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New York Daily News | Jun 14, 2003
They looked like the Nets of old and played like them, too.
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New York Times | Jun 14, 2003
Over the course of 100 games, Jason Kidd has flung his body to the floor and into the stands, crashing into his opponents at Mach-3 speed without looking back.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jun 13, 2003
Basketball is a business.
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Newsday | Jun 13, 2003
"The Admiral" barked at Tony Parker after San Antonio's Game 4 loss to the Nets for poor shot selection and a lackluster effort, but the second-year point guard from France didn't exactly snap to attention yesterday, responding, "I don't care.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 13, 2003
Oh, to be young again.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 13, 2003
Nets guard Jason Kidd has been bothered by a tender ankle for much of the postseason, and coach Byron Scott said he thinks the injury has affected his play against the Spurs.
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New York Daily News | Jun 13, 2003
Perhaps it's the proud Georgetown heritage.
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New York Post | Jun 13, 2003
Tonight will be the final game played in Meadowlands Arena in the 2002-03 season.
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New York Post | Jun 13, 2003
The towel on the head was a bit of a giveaway.
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Washington Times | Jun 13, 2003
New Jersey Nets assistant coach Eddie Jordan is believed to be one of the candidates the Washington Wizards are considering as coach.
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New York Times | Jun 13, 2003
Tenacious, tempestuous defense and gear-grinding offense - not always a cause and effect - have transformed these N.
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New York Daily News | Jun 12, 2003
Commissioner David Stern is putting pressure on Lewis Katz and the rest of the Nets owners to find a new home for the team.
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New York Post | Jun 12, 2003
They call him "Young Fella" for a simple reason: Richard Jefferson is the youngest player on the Nets.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 12, 2003
The hottest point guard in Game 4 of the NBA Finals spent the final eight minutes on the bench.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 12, 2003
They dug themselves a 15-point hole.
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Philadelphia Daily News | Jun 12, 2003
Mike Woodson fell out of the mix with Toronto the other day.
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New York Post | Jun 12, 2003
Payback.
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New York Post | Jun 12, 2003
After they had experienced rollicking highs and then demoralizing lows, after they had gone from one extreme to the other, then back and forth a few more times, the Nets were going on fumes.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune | Jun 12, 2003
Lance Blanks was so diligent, so determined to prove his stuff as a fledgling front-office executive with the San Antonio Spurs two years ago, he nearly cost his club the services of French import Tony Parker.
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New York Post | Jun 11, 2003
Tamper, tamper.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jun 11, 2003
Dikembe Mutombo was angry.
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New York Post | Jun 11, 2003
To Byron Scott, the numbers don't lie.
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Boston Herald | Jun 11, 2003
The NHL season ended here Monday night, but that didn't stop Rodney Rogers from throwing a little hip check at the Celtics as he prepared for tonight's Game 4 of the NBA Finals.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Jun 11, 2003
Plenty of credit gets passed around to explain the San Antonio Spurs' success and a good chunk of it goes to former Milwaukeean Sam Schuler, the team's director of player personnel.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 11, 2003
He screams it at practice and at shootaround.
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New York Times | Jun 11, 2003
Even in the middle of the Nets' second straight appearance in the N.
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New York Times | Jun 11, 2003
Jason Kidd has the key.
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Racine Journal Times | Jun 10, 2003
Jim McIlvaine had grown accustomed to being the subject of the story.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 10, 2003
Gregg Popovich lost his principles, if not his masculinity.
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Newsday | Jun 10, 2003
Islanders owner Charles Wang said Monday that he was engaged in an "ongoing dialogue" about buying the New Jersey Nets and moving them to Long Island.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 10, 2003
Richard Jefferson's visits to San Antonio have always been relatively brief.
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Star-Ledger | Jun 10, 2003
Something is wrong with the point guard.
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New York Post | Jun 10, 2003
With every blazing first step he takes, point guard Tony Parker brings San Antonio a stride closer to an NBA title.
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Star-Ledger | Jun 10, 2003
Tony Parker and Tim Duncan haven't exactly become what John Stockton and Karl Malone were to the pick-and-roll, but if this series is any indication, they might be only a few years off.
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New York Post | Jun 10, 2003
During the regular season, Richard Jefferson shot a team-high 436 free throws, 33 more than the next Nets player, Jason Kidd.
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Star-Ledger | Jun 10, 2003
Let's get something straight about the San Antonio Spurs: They loathe playing zone defense.
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Star-Ledger | Jun 10, 2003
You're playing too fast, they tell Richard Jefferson.
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New York Post | Jun 10, 2003
DID you hear New Jersey is offering to sign and trade Jason Kidd for Tony Parker?" I asked Tim Duncan while walking him to the team bus following Game 3 of The NBA Finals whose highlight, so far, is Dikembe Mutombo turning 90 before the Nets did.
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Rocky Mountain News | Jun 10, 2003
He practices with the team.
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Washington Post | Jun 10, 2003
Former New York Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy notified the Houston Rockets this morning that he will accept their head coaching job, leaving the Washington Wizards still searching.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 9, 2003
Tony Parker knew he would have to deal with the 2,137 Jason Kidd questions in these NBA Finals.
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Philadelphia Daily News | Jun 9, 2003
It would be a huge jump for Eddie Stefanski to go from coaching Monsignor Bonner High to a Philadelphia Catholic League championship to becoming a key administrator with the Portland Trail Blazers.
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New York Post | Jun 9, 2003
If Jason Kidd signs with San Antonio, Hofstra's own Speedy Claxton knows he's a goner.
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New York Post | Jun 9, 2003
Malik Rose barreled to the basket, then blasted off, slamming home a right-handed dunk barely over the fingertips of Dikembe Mutombo's extended right arm.
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New York Post | Jun 9, 2003
Jason Kidd and Kenyon Martin have become the constants for the Nets, rocks that they can depend on.
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Detroit News | Jun 9, 2003
Network ratings on ABC are proving once again that Detroit is not only a basketball town, but also one of the best sports towns in America.
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New York Daily News | Jun 9, 2003
He hit two three pointers, one with a defender practically clinging to him.
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New York Times | Jun 9, 2003
When the Nets' two top assistants, Eddie Jordan and Ed Stefanski, interviewed with other teams last week, some Nets owners became concerned enough to reach out to them.
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New York Times | Jun 9, 2003
When Lucious Harris's high-arcing, off-balance jumper beat both Tim Duncan and the shot-clock buzzer with just under seven minutes to go in Game 2, he had a sense that it was the Nets' night.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 8, 2003
He is 25 years old and playing in his first playoffs, which hardly qualifies him as a locker-room sage.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 8, 2003
Tony Parker flashed in for a floater to pull the Spurs within a point.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 8, 2003
Observers say they detect an aura of arrogance surrounding the Spurs.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Jun 8, 2003
Kenyon Martin is the brash, boisterous type who will dunk on you with the ferocity of a lion, stare at you until he completely backpedals down the court and repeatedly tap his left pectoral to let you know he's got heart.
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New York Daily News | Jun 8, 2003
It took 30 points from an exhausted Jason Kidd, 20 fantastic minutes from Dikembe Mutombo, dozens of double-teams from Byron Scott, nearly all of an 11-point lead in the fourth quarter, seven missed free throws by Tim Duncan and one last-second three-point miss by Stephen Jackson.
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New York Post | Jun 8, 2003
As is his way, Aaron Williams stayed silent.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Columnist Michael Hunt | Jun 8, 2003
As a parting chorus to his redemption song that was Game 2 of the NBA Finals, Jason Kidd spoke of New Jersey's resolve to carry on not only against the San Antonio Spurs, but also "to compete against the mighty West.
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Washington Post | Jun 8, 2003
There are not so many things the French get excited about.
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New York Times | Jun 8, 2003
Until Jason Kidd and Dikembe Mutombo restored hope that the Eastern Conference could play with the big bullies of the West, the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Lakers had collected nine consecutive victories in the N.
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Bergen Record | Jun 8, 2003
Kevin Willis' 40-year-old body is chiseled, sculpted with the definition you would see on a statue of a Greek god.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jun 7, 2003
Tim Duncan, who made only three of 10 from the line, accepted the blame for the loss because of his poor free-throw shooting, but David Robinson wouldn't point a finger at him.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 7, 2003
His voice rose with each sentence.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 7, 2003
Put away the brooms, San Antonio.
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N.Y. Post | Jun 7, 2003
The Nets kept crying out to double-team Tim Duncan.
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N.Y. Post | Jun 7, 2003
What he wanted, more than anything, was to belong, to feel wanted, to be needed.
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N.Y.Times | Jun 7, 2003
On second thought, the series is not over.
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N.Y. Times | Jun 7, 2003
Byron Scott earned his first N.
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Washington Post | Jun 7, 2003
With Jordan and Coach Doug Collins gone, and General Manager Wes Unseld going on a leave of absence, the Wizards are one of several teams trying to fortify their front office and coaching staffs.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 6, 2003
Tucked away in a corner of the Carver Academy on the city's East Side is the room where David Robinson plans to work for the next two years.
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Bergen Record | Jun 6, 2003
Byron Scott's decision to leave Kenyon Martin on the bench for 7½ second-half minutes of Game 1 with four fouls and his decision to continue limiting Dikembe Mutombo's role prompted plenty of questions Thursday.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 6, 2003
The Spurs and Nets are hungry for the hoop, but Texas and New Jersey public officials are just plain hungry.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 6, 2003
Last time the Spurs hit the hardwood for a chance to win the NBA Championship the only security questions that arose came after the team was crowned — would delirious fans turn violent and riot?
Fans played it cool then, but four years later, as the Spurs look to retake the NBA crown, the team is playing in a wholly different time.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 6, 2003
If it feels like 1999 again, Spurs fans, it's because the sights, sounds and surprising events of 2003 echo with eerie similarities and jarring contrasts.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 6, 2003
Five thousand miles east and south of San Antonio, basketball fans are pulling for the Spurs in the NBA Finals with as much fervor as the Baseline Bums.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jun 6, 2003
With the Nets and Devils playing for league championships, this seems to be a good time to finalize plans for the troubled Newark arena.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jun 6, 2003
There was still some talk yesterday among the Nets about why Kenyon Martin, their only offensive threat for much of Game 1, was sitting on the bench while Game 1 slowly slipped away.
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New York Post | Jun 6, 2003
It's not like Jason Kidd is like a giddy school kid on the bus to the Nets' practices.
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New York Post | Jun 6, 2003
The Republican governor of Texas, the state that boasts the death penalty, flash floods and humidity that makes a blast furnace seem comfy, dissed New Jersey when he was quoted as saying he didn't make the traditional Finals bet between governors on the outcome of the Nets-Spurs because "I don't know of anything in New Jersey that we'd want.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Jun 6, 2003
If Game 1 television ratings are an accurate barometer, the National Basketball Association Finals don't come close to holding the nation's - or Milwaukee's - interest the way they did last season.
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New York Times | Jun 6, 2003
After routing the Nets in Game 1 of the N.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 5, 2003
For 10 days, the New Jersey Nets waited for the NBA Finals to start.
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New York Daily News | Jun 5, 2003
P.
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Rocky Mountain News | Jun 5, 2003
Julius Erving has gray hair.
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New York Post | Jun 5, 2003
Jason Kidd made no excuses.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jun 5, 2003
This was exactly what the Nets once though they would be seeing from Dikembe Mutombo the entire season -- or, at the very least, the entire playoffs.
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New York Times | Jun 5, 2003
After Tim Duncan dunked over Aaron Williams with whiplash force four minutes into the fourth quarter tonight, he unleashed an uncharacteristic roar.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 4, 2003
Talk to anybody and you'll be told that you can sum up the Nets with one word.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 4, 2003
The Spurs could say they saw this coming.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jun 4, 2003
The Nets are pretty sure they have already rid themselves of the Curse of Dr.
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New York Post | Jun 4, 2003
After arriving in San Antonio yesterday, Joumana Kidd put on her makeup, a red summer top and matching skirt, and left husband Jason and son T.
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New York Daily News | Jun 4, 2003
Dikembe Mutombo says he is playing in these Finals.
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New York Daily News | Jun 4, 2003
The most important day during this Nets run to the Finals came when they didn't even play a game.
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New York Times | Jun 4, 2003
To Argentine sports fans, a Boca Juniors-River Plate soccer game is the equivalent of a Yankees-Red Sox matchup.
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New York Times | Jun 4, 2003
The National Basketball Association finals are back, revitalized and juiced up, loaded with suspense for the first time since Michael Jordan sank his famous jump shot against the Utah Jazz in 1998.
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New York Times | Jun 3, 2003
Portland Trail Blazers Coach Maurice Cheeks received permission today to interview for the Philadelphia 76ers' vacant coaching job, possibly dooming the candidacy of Eddie Jordan, a Nets assistant who interviewed for that same position earlier this week.
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N.Y. Daily News | Jun 3, 2003
Tony Parker isn't looking to incite Jason Kidd or the Nets on the eve of the NBA Finals, he is simply stating the facts: The point guard who gives Parker the most trouble isn't Kidd but rather Stephon Marbury, the player Kidd replaced in New Jersey.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | Jun 3, 2003
One-third of the potential Philadelphia-Detroit-Portland triangle was completed yesterday when Larry Brown accepted the Pistons' head-coaching position.
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Star-Ledger | Jun 3, 2003
The Nets' Tim Duncan simulator is not from the Virgin Islands, does not have a 747's wingspan and does not have a reputation as the league's best player.
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San Antonio Express-News | Jun 3, 2003
In a few hours, they would get on a plane for Texas and a second shot at an NBA championship after being swept by the Los Angeles Lakers in the finals a year ago.
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Washington Times | Jun 3, 2003
The 2003 NBA Finals has no Shaq, no Kobe and — for the first time since 1995 — no Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls or New York Knicks.
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New York Post | Jun 3, 2003
Spurs point guard Tony Parker said yesterday he considers Stephon Marbury a tougher matchup for him than Jason Kidd.
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New York Post | Jun 3, 2003
In a perfect world, the Nets will rebound and run and penetrate.
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New York Times | Jun 3, 2003
It is one of the greatest deals in sports history, one that brings its beneficiaries millions of dollars annually and requires them to expend no effort.
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New York Times | Jun 3, 2003
Rod Thorn was thinking back to his days in the American Basketball Association earlier this week, offering similarities between Julius Erving's leading the Nets to a title nearly 30 years ago, and Jason Kidd's attempt to do the same in the coming days.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | Jun 2, 2003
Larry Brown will be introduced as the new coach of the Detroit Pistons in a news conference today at the Palace in Auburn Hills.
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New York Daily News | Jun 2, 2003
As the Nets prepare for their second straight appearance in the NBA Finals, teams around the league are taking a close look at some in their organization.
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Newsday | Jun 2, 2003
Starting with the engraving of his son's face on his right biceps, the tattoos that adorn Kenyon Martin's body represent a catalog of all the things that give his life meaning.
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N.Y. Post | Jun 2, 2003
With nearly one-third of the NBA teams looking for head coaches, it was only a matter of time before the Nets' highly-regarded assistant, Eddie Jordan, entered the picture.
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Washington Post | Jun 2, 2003
Top NBA coaching candidates Larry Brown and Paul Silas are off the market and a potential president of basketball operations for the Washington Wizards could soon become unavailable as well.
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N.Y. Times | Jun 2, 2003
The shoe-commercial shoot took about three hours.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jun 1, 2003
Philadelphia has called the Nets and asked for permission to interview Eddie Jordan for its vacant head coaching job, according to a friend of Jordan's who asked to remain anonymous.
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New York Daily News | Jun 1, 2003
For a few weeks, Rod Thorn was surprised not to hear from any teams regarding assistant coach Eddie Jordan.
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New York Times | Jun 1, 2003
What Byron Scott remembers most about the last days of the American Basketball Association is the look.
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New York Times | Jun 1, 2003
Jerry West takes no credit for bringing two of his favorite people together.
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