Avery Johnson knew he was going to open up a jumbo-sized can of criticism when he held out Jason Kidd for the last 34.5 seconds against San Antonio on Thursday.

For the second time in less than a week, the Mavericks are on the verge of bringing New Jersey Nets point guard Jason Kidd back to Dallas.This time, the deal appears to be free of sticking points. The Mavericks will trade five players, two first-round draft picks and $3 million to the Nets for Mr. […]

Lebron James and Jason Kidd developed their friendship over the summer while playing for Team USA, and with Jason Kidd confirming to ESPN that he has requested out of New Jersey, the generation-spanning stars could become teammates.

According to Peter Vecsey of the New York Post, the Los Angeles Lakers have a plan to try to acquire Nets star Jason kiss for a couple draft picks, Kwame Brown’s expiring contract ($9M), Jordan Farmar($1M) and Vladimir radmanovic ($5.6M with an additional $19.2M over the next three seasons). Not unexpectedly, the Nets aren’t […]

Trading for the player who has had more bad things to say publicly about Scott Skiles than anyone else in the NBA may not sound like a match made in heaven.

The New York Knicks defeated the New Jersey Nets in the battle of the cross-river rivals, 100-93. While the Knicks could not use Stephon Marbury and Eddy Curry, the Nets’ Jason Kidd, Nenad Krstic and Josh Boone were not available, Krstic still resting the surgically repaired knee while Kidd and Boone were out with migraines.
Nets’ […]

Rod Thorn has now seen his team play 17 games, or roughly 20 percent of the season, and even before last night’s 118-95 loss to the Pistons he wasn’t happy.
Too many big deficits to climb out of, too few victories.

Professional basketball players often talk about their love for the game, which is so profound that they would happily do what millions of Americans do for free: play in an empty gym.
The Nets got half that opportunity Tuesday night when they returned home from a successful West Coast trip to find a sparse crowd awaiting […]

Here’s one sign the Memphis Grizzlies are improving under new coach Marc Iavaroni.
It only took them 14 games to win consecutive games. Not bad, compared to a year ago when it took them almost a full season - 73 games - to string wins together.
“It’s good for us,” Mike Miller said after scoring 19 points […]

- If the Sixers decide to deal point guard Andre Miller, the Cavs would probably get involved in such talk. Might a sign-and-trade with Anderson Varejao make sense? Miller has one year on his contract after this season. He’s making $9.4 million this year and $10 next year. A Sixers’ official said there was no […]