<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Jason Kidd was back on the court today, just shooting, but also talking. He told beat reporters that he is optimistic that his strained back, aka an anular tear, won’t keep him from playing on Opening Night in nine days and hopes he can play in a preseason game if all goes well. He wouldn’t talk about off-court issues. Meanwhile, Malik Allen wasn’t walking with a limp, but Darrell Armstrong was.</div></p> Source Source Source</p>
Dang it. Need DA with Marcus out and Kidd's back(hopefully it's just a mask for the off court stuff) Good news on Allen, he's looking like a player in our rotation.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>"It's kind of cool," Kidd said when a female reporter asked him about the epi. "I don't know how you guys do it."</div></p> Noooo Kidd!! Don't do it!!!!!</p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> The team has been calling it a "strain," Kidd said it was a "bulging disc," and then he referred to a "tear." The coach was baffled, so he called on Tim Walsh to elucidate.</p> "It's called an anular tear," the trainer said. "He's had it in the past. It's common."</div></p> I don't know if I should be relieved that its nothing out of the ordinary, or worried that it qualifies as a nagging injury</p> </p>
I hope it's not a nagging injury. Back injuries are such naggers.</p> <font color="#002e99"><div><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iFlCpE7dc10&"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iFlCpE7dc10&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350" /></embed></object></div></font></p> </p> And if he's had it in the past, has it ever kept him out of regular season games? I wish there was more info on this back injury.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>New York Post - In his first interview in two weeks, <u>Jason Kidd</u> said on Monday his injured back feels great, that he hopes to play in one of the Nets' last two preseason games and he's certain he'll be ready for next Wednesday's season opener. "We're shooting for the beginning of the season, and if anything happens beforehand where I feel good, then I'll play in one of the two [preseason] games," said Kidd, who wouldn't comment on his off-court issues other than to say he hadn't been questioned by the police. But the Nets are more concerned about his health than his legal woes, and they're cautiously optimistic. After shooting for the second straight day, Kidd hopes to do some non-contact drills in the shootaround before tonight's Boston game.</div></p> Source</p>
