Washington Wizards Coach Eddie Jordan said he hasn't paid too much attention to the United States' unblemished eight-game run through the Tournament of the Americas Olympic qualifier heading into Saturday's semifinal against Puerto Rico.
He has been too busy finding a place to live and putting together a plan to mesh a young, talented and interesting mix of players when training camp starts Sept. 29. Jordan does know that New Jersey Nets stars Jason Kidd, Kenyon Martin and Richard Jefferson are on this star-filled team and the fact he spent the past few years helping mold then into high-caliber players -- and winners -- has touched him a bit.
"To see Kenyon, Richard and Jason, I'm so happy for them," Jordan said in a phone interview. "I'm happy to have been a part in their careers and some of their success."
The feeling is mutual.
"Eddie is great," said Kidd, who was close to Jordan and said he was sad to see him leave. "He deserved a head coaching job. He was great with us in New Jersey. The big thing with him is that he works very hard. He'll get that team going."
The Nets' trio benefited greatly from the hawkish defensive schemes and ball-movement-based offense Jordan helped implement with head coach Byron Scott.
How Wizards scorers Gilbert Arenas and Jerry Stackhouse and big men Brendan Haywood, Kwame Brown and Jared Jeffries adhere to that system -- and not vice versa -- will dictate the Wizards' fortunes, Kidd and Jefferson said.
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In the latest round of high-stakes poker over the fate of New Jersey's professional sports franchises, Gov. James E. McGreevey yesterday ruled out any new subsidies for current or future owners of the Nets and the Devils, despite a threat that the teams could move to New York.
His announcement in Bridgewater, N.J., came five days after a group of investors, which is negotiating to buy the Nets and keep the team in New Jersey, met with the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority to discuss the renovation of the team's current arena in the Meadowlands and a new lease.
According to state officials, the prospective owners, a group that includes Senator Jon S. Corzine and the developer Charles Kushner, wanted concessions worth about $125 million, something the governor was unwilling to provide.
"There is simply no justification for state dollars being used to guarantee the profits of team owners," McGreevey said yesterday. "In the past, New Jersey and across the country, cities and states have invested taxpayer dollars to subsidize teams. We have other priorities. If New York wants to subsidize team owners with their dollars, that is their right. But in New Jersey, those days are over."
The Corzine-Kushner group is competing with Bruce Ratner, a New York developer who has been working with Lewis Katz, a principal owner of the Nets, to buy the team and move it to Brooklyn. New York City officials have developed the outline of a deal with Ratner's Forest City Ratner Companies in which the arena would serve as the centerpiece of a larger real estate development.
At the same time, Charles B. Wang, an owner of the Islanders, is making a bid to buy the Nets and move the team to Long Island.
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The game was on the line yesterday, and Jason Kidd was where he virtually never is in such a situation: on the bench.
"Jason's got a bad Achilles and he's fighting the flu," coach Larry Brown said.
Kidd's right Achilles problem isn't serious, according to Nets and Team USA trainer Tim Walsh, despite the fact the star had the same problem during the season.
"He irritated it in the first game [last week] but it felt much better," said Walsh, who added that Kidd "pinched" the tendon Monday night. "I don't think it's anything to be concerned with and I don't think he'll miss any games."
Brown said he kept Mike Bibby in the game for outside-shooting purposes, noting Kidd could have returned to play in the 94-86 win over Argentina.
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Nets Aug 2003 Archive
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New York Post | Aug 24, 2003
Years from now, when they're reminiscing about their honeymoon, Kenyon Martin and his wife Heather will take out some photos of the first few days.
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ESPN | Aug 23, 2003
Despite being a native of the tiny territory, Tim Duncan does not play for the U.
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The Oregonian | Aug 23, 2003
Kenyon Martin got married last Saturday in Las Vegas and was on his way to Aruba for his honeymoon when he got a call from the USA Basketball selection committee.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Aug 22, 2003
The Nets didn't have to give Brian Scalabrine the extra money or the extra season they give him in the two-year, $1.
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nba.com | Aug 21, 2003
The New Jersey Nets have re-signed free agent forward Brian Scalabrine, Nets President/General Manager Rod Thorn announced today.
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New York Post | Aug 21, 2003
Kenyon Martin apparently will just have to wait to get his contract done.
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Philadelphia Daily News | Aug 20, 2003
The honeymoon, at least as planned, is over.
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Newsday | Aug 20, 2003
Forget throwing a hat into the ring, how about fighting over a basketball? When politicians enter the arena - in this case, which state lands the Eastern Conference champion Nets - the stakes climb higher than Richard Jefferson for a dunk.
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New York Daily News | Aug 20, 2003
The Nets continued to solidify their roster for another playoff run by re-signing free agent Lucious Harris.
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nba.com | Aug 19, 2003
The New Jersey Nets have re-signed free agent guard Lucious Harris, Nets President/General Manager Rod Thorn announced today.
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usabasketball.com | Aug 19, 2003
USA Basketball announced Tuesday that New Jersey Nets forward Kenyon Martin has been added to the 2003 USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team replacing two-time Olympian Karl Malone (Los Angeles Lakers).
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New York Times | Aug 19, 2003
Senator Jon S.
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New York Post | Aug 14, 2003
Jason Kidd's advice to Kenyon Martin has been to keep working hard and let business handle itself.
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Bergen Record | Aug 14, 2003
Sometimes, Jason Kidd and Tim Duncan allow themselves to wonder what if.
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New York Daily News | Aug 14, 2003
Allen Iverson was battling a full-court press worse than anything he had seen since his Philadelphia 76ers were ousted from the NBA playoffs by the Detroit Pistons back in May.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Aug 13, 2003
And then, the rhetoric escalated.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Aug 12, 2003
Jason Kidd said at practice for the Olympic qualifying team yesterday that when he spoke with Kenyon Martin on Sunday night, Martin told Kidd that, despite recent reports, he never demanded a trade from the Nets.
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New York Post | Aug 12, 2003
The Nets completed their coaching staff yesterday naming Larry Drew, 45, as an assistant coach under Byron Scott.
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New York Post | Aug 12, 2003
News that Arvydas Sabonis told the Trail Blazers that he intends to return to Lithuania and not play in the NBA this upcoming season caused murmurs yesterday that discussions of the Nets-Blazers deal involving Kenyon Martin and Rasheed Wallace might not be completely dead.
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Bergen Record | Aug 11, 2003
Back late Sunday from his son's wedding in West Virginia, Nets president Rod Thorn said that despite the rumors swirling around the future of forward Kenyon Martin, he believes Martin will be with the team for the start of training camp in 1½ months.
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New York Post | Aug 11, 2003
Jason Kidd and Richard Jefferson each had two words for teammate Kenyon Martin about his unhappiness over the contract extension offer the Nets made.
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The Oregonian | Aug 11, 2003
The Trail Blazers have it all wrong.
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New York Times | Aug 10, 2003
Kenyon Martin, angered by the Nets' failure to offer him the maximum allowed by the N.
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Bergen Record | Aug 10, 2003
If the Nets trade Kenyon Martin to Portland or elsewhere, whether they get Rasheed Wallace or someone else in return for this season may not matter as much as what they ultimately could do next summer:
Sign Kevin Garnett.
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Bergen Record | Aug 10, 2003
As the possibility of a Nets defection to New York looms, the McGreevey administration is exploring another way to keep the team in New Jersey - renovation of Continental Arena.
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ESPN | Aug 10, 2003
The Portland Trail Blazers have been talking about trading Rasheed Wallace and Ruben Patterson to the New Jersey Nets for Dikembe Mutombo and Kenyon Martin, according to a newspaper report.
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New York Post | Aug 9, 2003
The good news on Nets' building block Nenad Krstic wasn't so good after all.
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New York Daily News | Aug 9, 2003
Upset the Nets have not offered him a maximum contract extension, Kenyon Martin has asked to be traded, the Daily News has learned.
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Philadelphia Daily News | Aug 8, 2003
AND YOU THOUGHT Kobe Bryant had problems.
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New York Post | Aug 8, 2003
False alarm.
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Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | Aug 6, 2003
Jason Kidd says he hasn't touched a basketball since Game 6 of the National Basketball Association Finals, when his New Jersey Nets lost to the San Antonio Spurs.
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Bergen Record | Aug 6, 2003
A year ago today, the Nets red-lined the Richter scale by trading Keith Van Horn and Todd MacCulloch for Dikembe Mutombo.
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New York Times | Aug 2, 2003
The negotiations Kenyon Martin and his agent had been eagerly awaiting all off-season lasted a mere 10 minutes.
