Jason Kidd verbally committed to join the Spurs in 2003?

[bdreason]

During a Summer League interview about Duncan's retirement, Jason Kidd divulged that he had actually given the Spurs a verbal commitment before changing his mind, and re-signing with the New Jersey Nets in 2003.


Prime Kidd + Prime Duncan would have been one hell of a combo.

[tpols]

that shit wouldve been unfair..

[Pointguard]

I remember the talk of him joining and thinking they going to be the silent killers. Both didn't talk but were serious assassins.

[knickballer]

I'm not sure because if Kidd joins you have to figure Tony Parker never becomes the player he turned into and maybe they ship him out and end up with an aging Kidd down the road..

Or they keep Parker, let him be one of the best bench players in the league and have him slowly take over the starting role from Kidd.

[Bosnian Sajo]

I'm not sure because if Kidd joins you have to figure Tony Parker never becomes the player he turned into and maybe they ship him out and end up with an aging Kidd down the road..

Or they keep Parker, let him be one of the best bench players in the league and have him slowly take over the starting role from Kidd.

Kidd was relevant till his last season with the Knicks...they would of been fine, lol.

[DuncanFan2288]

There was huge buzz about this in San Antonio at the time. The word was that Jason Kidd's (now ex) wife did not want to move to San Antonio due to her career as a journalist. I guess she saw San Antonio as too small of a market.

[Nilocon165]

There was huge buzz about this in San Antonio at the time. The word was that Jason Kidd's (now ex) wife did not want to move to San Antonio due to her career as a journalist. I guess she saw San Antonio as too small of a market.
Took you 10 years to build up the courage to post goddamn
Just kidding you probably have a life unlike me

[DuncanFan2288]

Took you 10 years to build up the courage to post goddamn
Just kidding you probably have a life unlike me
Thanks for the welcome :cheers:

[Old Man River]

Thanks for the welcome :cheers:
:cheers:

[ScalsFan21]

This move could have changed a lot in NBA history.

I was so happy at the time that Kidd decided to resign with us. He gave us 4 more seasons of good memories after that but we never came close to the Finals again, in part because he got major knee surgery the following year and sort of began steadily trending out of his prime. That and Detroit, Indiana and Miami happened and the East became un-winnable.

If Kidd had taken us to 2 finals appearances and then left he'd probably be looked back on by all eight of us Nets fans more favorably. As opposed to faking headaches, forcing his way out, then becoming a coach here, and forcing his way out.

Great player who made us finally relevant again, brought together a first-round exit level cast and turned it into a contender, best player in our franchise's history and I'll always look back on his 6+ years here as my favorite time as a Nets fan...

... yet I can't stand Jason Kidd. :lol I dislike phony "class acts" on the court who show themselves to be total POS off the court. This might be a bit extreme but I think in a slightly exaggerated way, he's the anti-Ron Artest, who seems likable and chill as hell off court but was an absolute thug on it (in spurts).

[Pointguard]

:cheers:
He's like you Old Man River:
"That Old Man River, he must know sumthin but don't say nothin." But dam, 3 post in 10 years.

[no pun intended]

So he DeAndred a team before DeAndre.

[Genaro]

So he DeAndred a team before DeAndre.
He actually did that in 2012 FA as well when he said he was going to re-sign the Mavs and then went to the Knicks.

[retaxis]

I remember the talk of him joining and thinking they going to be the silent killers. Both didn't talk but were serious assassins.
Uh Kidd was a violent drunk alcholic who use to beat up his team mates and in certain instances drive them out of the team/league. I don't know where you got the idea he was 'silent'

[Lebron23]

Uh Kidd was a violent drunk alcholic who use to beat up his team mates and in certain instances drive them out of the team/league. I don't know where you got the idea he was 'silent'


Yeah. I actually laughed at his posts.

[sportjames23]

There was huge buzz about this in San Antonio at the time. The word was that Jason Kidd's (now ex) wife did not want to move to San Antonio due to her career as a journalist. I guess she saw San Antonio as too small of a market.


Took you 10 years to build up the courage to post goddamn
Just kidding you probably have a life unlike me


LOL damn

[Cap'n Obvious]

Could have been a great duo.

[Smoke117]

I'm not sure because if Kidd joins you have to figure Tony Parker never becomes the player he turned into and maybe they ship him out and end up with an aging Kidd down the road..

Or they keep Parker, let him be one of the best bench players in the league and have him slowly take over the starting role from Kidd.

lol Kidd was still one of the better pg's in the league well into his mid 30s.

Just defensively it's scary to think about if he went there. He was the best defensive guard in the league at this time.

[PsychoBe]

wouldn't have worked out in the short-term since he got injured anyways

[T_L_P]

Spurs were looking to trade him for Tony I believe. Kidd's wife didn't want to move.

The overall results would have been the same imo. Kidd gets one more than Tony before Pau joins LA (I think either 04 or 06), then Tony was better than Kidd from 2011 on.

[Doranku]

Yeah I read that article too. Apparently he verbally committed to Pop, and then pulled a DeAndre on the flight home and changed his mind.