The D.A.Y. Jason Kidd was NOT distracted
And Steve Nash shreds what little defense Cleveland plays
The Chicago Bulls need to stop taking 18 point leads on the Nets. They aren’t safe. Last Friday the Bulls jumped out to an 18-0 lead and the Nets came back and won. Now, to the present.
NEW JERSEY 86 CHICAGO 83
The Bulls had an 18 point lead, the Nets overcame. Jason Kidd’s off-court issues were beyond irrelevant as he carried the team with a 23-14-11 triple double. Ben Gordon hit all 5 of the threes he attempted in the first half on his way to 20 first half points, but Jason guarded him in the second half and held him to 3 points on 1 of 5 shooting. The Nets took over the game with a 14-0 run in the fourth that included a dunk from RJ, but once again it was JKidd with a huge three and the key defensive play stripping Hinrich when the Bulls were setting up for a chance to tie. Mikki Moore started and had a 13 and 12 game. Nocioni led the Bulls with 28. Yeah great, back to Kidd. I noticed that Joumanna’s lawyer seems to be threatening him with public exposure and bad press. This could be overstepping my bounds as an armchair psychologist, but I think Jason has been trying to play the public role of boring family guy for years now, ever since he hit his wife in the mouth. He realized that he’s rather be bland and PC and let his game do the talking instead of letting the world get to know who he really is, at leat as much as you can through interviews and publicity. Having his dirty laundry out there now could in a weird way be relaxing for him. Now he doesn’t have to play a role that he might not be. He is not the patriarch of a happy NBA Partridge family. Nice quote from Joumana’s lawyer about her being a shy religious mother and content to be a housewife. And then the counterclaims from Kidd’s lawyer is even better, not to mention Vince Carter’s recent ex weighing in too. You always read about how we have to do things for children and how they need positive role models and opportunities. Then when money and a divorce is involved, they become a bargaining chip or even a weapon. Divorce Lawyers are seriously among the lowest forms of life.
PHOENIX 109 CLEVELAND 90
I turned this game on when it was 101-76 Suns. Not what TNT had in mind. LeBron didn’t really get going until the fourth quarter, with Shawn Marion keeping him in check. Shawn Marion is our intern Konate Primus’s favorite player, by the way. After our Dirk-KG discussion, he came up to me and made a case for Marion being as good as either one of those two. That sounds insane, but really we’ll never know unless Marion has to become a franchise player some day. Or you could just say “No. Get out of my face with your nonsense.” 34, 6, and 6 for LeBron, while Steve Nash just picked Cleveland apart with 21 assists and 1 turnover and only needed to score 4 points. His second 20+ assist game of the season. The Suns have won 8 in a row and 9 of 10. Steve Nash after the game said “We played with a lot of concentration, something we haven’t done in the last couple of weeks.” He’s got high standards.
TRIVIA TIME: Steve Nash is right on the edge of averaging 20 points and 10 assists. Who is the last NBA player to do that for a full season? The first person with the answer gets… well, since we’re talking about assists that means we’re talking about unselfishness, so you get nothing but happiness and a job well done.
37 Responses to “The D.A.Y. Jason Kidd was NOT distracted”
Jan.12 at 9:50 am
Abdul-Salaam says:
Tim Hardaway did it. I think it was the 92-93 season.
Jan.12 at 9:54 am
Ronald says:
Erm… try and not insult Divorce lawyers just because they are doing what they are paid to do please.
Jan.12 at 10:01 am
Rome says:
Can anyone explain this to me? http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=yao+ming+nia+long How in the living world, are these two dating?
Jan.12 at 10:29 am
Richie says:
Kevin Johnson?
Jan.12 at 10:37 am
Ron says:
Stereotypically speaking, it takes a 7′6″ Asian man to handle a 5′2″ black woman.
Jan.12 at 10:38 am
dez says:
Rome, u probably ruined my morning with that link. or made it complete. i can’t really decide.
Jan.12 at 11:01 am
PeeDee says:
It`s T-Bug
Jan.12 at 11:04 am
sang kim says:
tim hardaway
Jan.12 at 11:15 am
Rome says:
I’m soooooooo pissed. I can only quote the ole school rhyme from Skee -lo:
“1-I wish I was little bit taller,
I wish I was a baller
I wish I had a girl who looked good
I would call her
I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat
and a ‘64 Impala I wish I was like six-foot-nine
So I could make NIA LONG mine
Cause she don’t know me but yo she’s really fine
You know I see her all the time
Everywhere I go, and even in my dreams
I can scheme of ways to make her mine
Cause I know she’s livin phat
Her boyfriend’s tall and he plays ball
So how am I gonna compete with that
‘Cause when it comes to playing basketball
I’m always last to be picked
And in some cases never picked at all
So I just lean upon the wall
Or sit up in the bleachers with the rest of the girls
Who came to watch their men ball
Dag y’all! I never understood
Why the jocks get the fly girls
And me I get the hood rats
I tell ‘em scat, skittle, skibobble
Got hit with a bottle
And put in the hospital, for talkin’ that mess
I confess it’s a shame when you livin’ in a city
That’s the size of a box and nobody knows yo’ name
Glad I came to my senses
Like quick-quick got sick-sick to my stomach
Overcome with my thoughts of me and her together
Right?
So when I asked her out she said I wasn’t her type”
Jan.12 at 11:20 am
M.K. Petrik says:
HA! Skeelo! That’s just pure awesomeness!
Jan.12 at 11:22 am
Sam Rubenstein says:
Well done Abdul-Salaam.
I saw that Yao-Nia stuff the other day and thought it was just a rumor. Yao is a megastar.
Jan.12 at 11:38 am
ATrain says:
Never thought it would come to this for the fly girl from Friday…
Jan.12 at 11:39 am
FLUXLAND says:
so that’s a big thumbs donw on the Chump of the d.a.y., Sam?
Jan.12 at 12:05 pm
mutoni says:
the rumor’s been floating around the interwebs for a little while now, but nothing is confirmed. i REALLy hope it’s true
Jan.12 at 12:07 pm
Rome says:
she even better on the Best Man, when she came out with the outfit, trying to mess with ole dude from college. OH MING YOU LUCKY BASTARD!!!!!!!!!
Jan.12 at 12:09 pm
mutoni says:
THIS is how yao picked her up. boy’s got crazy game….
Jan.12 at 12:24 pm
Yao says:
Yao has refuted the story about him and Nia:
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2007-01-12T103035Z_01_MOL237742_RTRIDST_0_OUKOE-UK-BASKETBALL-YAO.XML&WTmodLoc=Oddly+Enough-C1-Headline-4
Jan.12 at 12:36 pm
AP says:
in the 03-04 season Stephon avg 9.3 assists and 19.8 points…does it have to be exactly 20 and 10…!?
Jan.12 at 12:39 pm
Ron says:
check out the latest issue of Essence Mag with Nia on the cover. In the story she mentions a new guy in her who she’s really into. When asked about him all she would reveal is that he’s in “entertainment”. So she’s being secretive about it, a la Beyonce and Jay-Z.
Jan.12 at 12:40 pm
Ron says:
Damn it I sound like a gossip queen. Like Wendy friggin Williams. I’m through, next topic please.
Jan.12 at 12:40 pm
Colin says:
I didn’t research it but I thought saw something on tv the other night that said that two PG’s did it one year, one being KJ and I think the other was Stockton but it could’ve been Hardaway, anyways I’m going with KJ and Stock
Jan.12 at 12:41 pm
Phila says:
Tim Hardaway!!! Send me the Jordan 9.5’s in 10.5
Jan.12 at 12:52 pm
winston and the telescreen says:
its a hoax
Yao has a live in girlfriend
Her name is Ye Li and she plays center for the national team, shes 6′2
I guess China still runs their breeding program
Yao is the product of a marriage organized by China, They took the tallest male basketball star and matched him up with the tallest female basketball star, and thats how Yao Ming was born, looks like they are doing the exact same thing with Yao and Ye Li
thats crazy sci-fi stuff
you guys should check out Yao’s biography, its fascinating- the breeding program and the fact that they shoot the guys up (including Yao) with female hormones to prevent the onset of puberty for as long as possible (apparently we grow in height until we become men, which explains my 5′7 height since I started shaving at 12)
I thought the story was crazy and now I find out its happening again
China has taking their tallest male basketball star, Yao, and matched it up with their tallest female star, Ye Li
I cant believe this stuff still happens
Jan.12 at 12:57 pm
Sam Rubenstein says:
I will adress the chump of the d.a.y. thing later on, in today’s player of the d.a.y.
Jan.12 at 1:06 pm
dre says:
why is Kidd still doing “the kiss” before his free throws? for his kids? i always thought it was dedicated to his wife.
Jan.12 at 1:24 pm
FLUD says:
His hero is Gene Simmons?
Jan.12 at 1:27 pm
FLUXLAND says:
oh it’s a thing, ha? Doesn’t sound good…thanks for the reply, Sam!
Jan.12 at 1:33 pm
Sparker says:
not really relevant to the discussion, but every time i hit the slam link, i get an out of date page with a melo pic and week-old+ headlines (this has happened ever since the latest re-design). i have to hit “nba” to see the new posts…. which is okay, but clearly not the way it’s supposed to work. p.s. it was hardaway
Jan.12 at 1:41 pm
scott says:
season pts ast
Oscar Robertson 61-62 30.8 11.4
Oscar Robertson 63-64 31.4 11.0
Oscar Robertson 64-65 30.4 11.5
Oscar Robertson 65-66 31.3 11.1
Oscar Robertson 66-67 30.5 10.7
Nate Archibald 72-73 34.0 11.4
Isiah Thomas 83-84 21.3 11.1
Isiah Thomas 84-85 21.2 13.9
Isiah Thomas 85-86 20.9 10.8
Magic Johnson 86-87 23.9 12.2
Isiah Thomas 86-87 20.6 10.0
Magic Johnson 88-89 22.5 12.8
Kevin Johnson 88-89 20.4 12.2
Kevin Johnson 89-90 22.5 11.4
Magic Johnson 89-90 22.3 11.5
Michael Adams 90-91 26.5 10.5
Kevin Johnson 90-91 22.2 10.1
Tim Hardaway 91-92 23.4 10.0
Tim Hardaway 92-93 21.5 10.6 Nothing like being productive on a Friday.
Jan.12 at 2:03 pm
Simmy Sosa says:
I believe the correct answer to your question would be Rick Brunson in the ‘02-’03 Campaign. Check the stats!!
Jan.12 at 3:07 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
If Joumana Kidd was “content to be a housewife,” so am I. That’s possibly the funniest thing I’ve read regarding the Kidds so far. She’s more of an attention addict than he is.
Jan.12 at 3:44 pm
DavidF says:
Divorce lawyers need to be living underneath New York, a la TMNT, in a deep basin of filth. And how about D. Howard’s 30pt-25reb night? And why aren’t we ever talking about the prospect of a J. Kidd Triple Double Season Average?? It could happen, now that he’s unfettered by a nagging siren. Believe it.
Jan.12 at 7:03 pm
Gilbert0 says:
yo jkidd had an attractive wife but she sounds horrible from the abuse thing
Jan.12 at 7:43 pm
Drolfe says:
I’ve never really thought about Jason Kidd being all secretive and introverted since the wife beating thing came about, but its a very interesting theory. He’s a real quiet cat when you think about it.
Oscar Robertson was a beast.
Jan.14 at 4:08 am
Harlem World says:
Joumana Kidd isn’t as fine as everyone makes out. Without the bressessess JKidd paid for, and the ‘money makeover’ on the dome piece - she wouldn’t get noticed behind the counter at Mickey Ds.
Plus JKidd, gamewise is underrated.
Jan.15 at 1:59 am
Patrick says:
funny about that list, Marbury almost made it in 2003-04. 20.8/8.3 with the Suns and 19.8/9.3 with the Knicks. then we’d have to revisit the importance of that stat. as it is, long live timbug.
Oct.15 at 4:31 am
GMAT says:
Marbury averaged 20.2 points and 8.9 assists overall in ‘03-’04 … not very close. http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/marbust01.html