Reply With Quoteit would be like kidd is not running to join the favorites to win it all
If Kidd is really about winning a championship I would think so. Nothing's for certain but GP in LA would seem to make the NBA Finals that much more tougher for an Eastern Conference champ. Kidd's climbed that mountain twice with the Nets. Perhaps playing the rest of his career with Tim Duncan and still getting paid the max might look a little better now that Payton himself has apparently decided a champioship is what he wants to spend the rest of his career seriously pursuing.
it would be like kidd is not running to join the favorites to win it all
That's it, ducks. It would look like Kidd is leaving the Nets where he is the man for a not so certain shot at a le.
Of course Kidd is exposed in the same light as J ONeal that "its not about the money, its about winning a le" only applies when the money is the max.
If Kidd wanted to win a le above all else, he'd sign a contract much like Payton or Malone- less than market value to allow for other aquisitions to make the team even more formidable.
I firmly believe that Jason Kidd is more of a lock than ever. If Kidd ever wants to win a le, then he is definitely not going to do it while GP, Kobe, and Shaq are together. He may do it with Parker, Manu, and Duncan though.
About the money- Dusty Garza appears 100% certain that the Spurs only offered 9.6 million to Kidd. This doesn't make any sense to me.
The Spurs offered the max. The last thing they would want to do is slight Kidd by offering less when the Nets are doing the same.
The only way I could see the 9.6 rumor being true is if Kidd, Pop, RC, and TD sat down to discuss how they wanted to build this team, and what it would take to get it done. Kidd is already rich as ; who knows? Maybe it was his idea... Highly improbable though.
The thing I have been saying this whole offseason is that the Spurs should not offer Kidd the Max deal. If he was serious about winning a Championship, then prove it by taking less than the max and allow us to sign another FA. If Dusty is ever right about one thing, I would hope it would be that the Spurs only offered him 9.6. If that happens, I will respect Kidd and Pop and RC totally for this deal, and it will prove Kidd's committment to the Championship. I doubt it, but we will see.
Offering anything less than max would be foolish for SA.
Unless Kidd was hip to it from the start.
I just want to know one thing..did we even call Gary Payton?
And there's not a an emoticon that accurately captures my mood if we didn't.
Half court team ignores GP...we deserve what's gonna happen to us this year.
Half court team declines to blow entire cap on 35 year old guard.
Of course Kidd would make the Spurs more than a half court team. But nevermind that.
LMAO we're gonna find out, if Kidd signs.
Me I tend to think GP is better than Kidd, he is definitely better on our team.
GP got crappier teams than the Nets to the playoffs last year and this year. And Kidd barely beat him this year, with a much better team.
You will see that points are greater than rebounds...especially coming from your guards.
We'll see just how good the Nets look without Kidd. The answer may surprise you. You know you really should offer your services to a NBA Front Office near you if you think Kidd sucks so bad.
It's possible that when Pop, RC, Tim, and Kidd were talking over all that good food, Pop might have just said to Kidd, it's whatever you want to do. If you want us to give you the max contract it's yours. If you want to take a lesser salary so we can get another good player in addition to you, then we can go with that too. It's all up to you what you want to do. A pitch like that would be hard to refuse since Kidd is already enthused with the idea of playing next to TD.
How NJ looks without Kidd doesn't matter- unless you are a Nets fan.
The only thing I care about is how San Antonio looks WITH Kidd.
scott, my priority has always been a star big man, but I don't see that happening. It's time to get with the program. The Spurs want Kidd and he's contemplating coming here. We have to come away with a star now that the Lakers have set the bar so high.
Get Kidd and trade Parker to get a center.
Your comments and mine are not inconsistent.
I just don't want to hear how bad NJ will be without Kidd. I'm not a Nets fan, and I don't give a .
The Nets won't be that bad next year with the almighty Parker on their team.
When the NBA decides to award us championships based on how the Nets do- let me know.
When you say something relevent, let me know, scott.
The spurs may need some cooperation from the Nets if we are to acquire Kidd and a starting center this summer.
What's the problem now?
there's no problem. Some people still aren't comfortable with bringing Kidd in, despite the bigman superstar options fading away and the Lakers setting the bar higher than ever.
It's survival now, people.
We may have to trade some pieces to the NEts to free up cash to address the hole at center.
Payton/Malone to the Lakers may actually convince Kidd to stay in Jersey...Knowing that the Spurs road to the finals has to go through the new and improved Lakers may sway him to stay in the East....at least there he has a better than average chance to make it to the finals every year with a relatively young team...
It depends on what you would receive in return. I don't think that you just send out Parker now simply to send him out.
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