Kidd asks NBA Nets for trade: report

0 Comments | AFP, January, 2008

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (AFP) — New Jersey Nets guard Jason Kidd has asked to be traded to another National Basketball Association team, American sports network ESPN reported on Monday.

According to the report, Kidd said his agent Jeff Schwartz has discussed with Nets' management about moving him by the February 21 trade deadline, a conversation that both parties first engaged in at last season's all-star game.

Schwartz has reportedly been told by New Jersey that with Vince Carter and Richard Jefferson locked into rich long-term deals, Kidd is the only movable major asset the team has.

"I'm not mad at anybody," Kidd said. "Sometimes, when you ride a wave, you get to the end and that's all there is. That's where we are."

According to the report,...