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※ QoQb:轉錄至看板 JasonKidd 07/06 06:06
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On Wednesday night, most everyone believed that Mavericks free agent Jason
Kidd would be coming back to Dallas next season for what league sources
believed would be a three-year, $9.5 million deal. But on Thursday, according
to a source, Kidd changed his mind and accepted a similar deal to play with
the Knicks next season, leaving Dallas in the lurch for a starting point
guard for next season.
就在Kidd快要和小牛簽下三年合約的那個摸門特
他突然轉變了心意要加入尼克
Kidd, second on the NBA’s all-time list in assists and steals, will bring
veteran poise and leadership to the Knicks next season, whether he is
starting or coming off the bench. New York struggled to find consistent,
quality point guard play for most of the season, other than when Jeremy Lin
captivated the nation in February with a sterling stretch of play. The Knicks
are likely to match any offer for Lin, a restricted free agent who met with
the Rockets Wednesday, and who Knicks Coach Mike Woodson called his
unequivocal starter for next season.
Kidd only averaged 6.2 points and 5.5 assists for Dallas last season, the
lowest averages of his career in those stats, and he is not the defensive
force he was when he starred with the New Jersey Nets. But he’s still an
outstanding passer, a much improved perimeter shooter compared to earlier in
his career and a proven leader.
A full season of a Lin-Kidd tandem at the point, along with a return to
health of guard Iman Shumpert–who tore knee ligaments during the Knicks’
first-round loss to Miami–could make New York a formidable challenger in
the east next season.
The 39-year-old Kidd may have been influenced by Dallas’ inability to secure
the services of free agents despite clearing significant cap room last season
by not bringing back key components of the team that won the NBA title in
2011. The Mavericks let starting center Tyson Chandler go to New York, and
didn’t make substantial offers for guard J.J. Barea, who signed with
Minnesota. Instead, the Mavericks hoped they’d be able to convince free
agent Deron Williams to come.
At one point, the Mavericks dreamed of being able to get both Williams and
Dwight Howard to come as free agents, but Howard’s decision to opt in for
the final year of his contract made that dream less likely. The Mavericks
looked like they struck gold last December when they were able to acquire
forward Lamar Odom from the Lakers, but Odom had a disastrous year, was
removed from the team late in the regular season and was traded to the
Clippers last month in a four-team deal that sent guard Mo Williams to Utah.
On Monday, Jason Terry, a free agent after this past season, agreed to terms
on a three-year deal with Boston. On Tuesday, Williams decided to remain in
Brooklyn with the Nets, and the Mavs’ hopes of bringing Steve Nash back
seven years after he left town for Phoenix were dashed on Wednesday when the
Lakers and Suns agreed to a sign-and-trade at Nash’s request that will send
him to Los Angeles in exchange for four future Draft picks and cash.
That left Kidd, the Mavs’ starter at the point the last four-plus seasons
since coming to Dallas in a trade from New Jersey in 2008, as the team’s
next target.
Now that Kidd is apparently leaving as well, Dallas will go to the next names
on their list: restricted free agent guard Aaron Brooks and Clippers
unrestricted free agent Randy Foye. The Mavs will also try to re-sign guard
Delonte West. Dallas does have an $8.9 million trade exception that was
created in the Odom deal after the Mavericks only took back the Draft rights
to forward Tadija Dragicevic from Utah and cash from Houston instead of
salaries.
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