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01-15-2007, 07:44 PM
http://www.nj.com/sports/ledger/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/1168839424171350.xml&coll=1&thispage=3
Plus we may have confrimation of Carter being gay?
The divorce complaint that was filed Jan. 9 gave only a hint of how Joumana Kidd's behavior affected the team at large. The six-page document states that his wife had become "increasingly controlling and manipulative," causing her husband "great embarrassment," and that she has "increasingly harassed (Kidd's) employer, trainer, friends and family."
And, in perhaps the most provocative charge of all, the complaint states that "she has had trackers/homing devices put on all (of Kidd's) cars and computers in order to track his whereabouts at all times."
According to various members of the Nets' organization, who requested anonymity because of the divorce proceedings are ongoing, these surveillance efforts became more than just a wife-tracks-husband issue. They claim that since November, there had been very strong suspicions on the part of another Nets player that he, too, was being tailed by a covert operative trying to compile information of Kidd's social habits, and that the player also believed that Joumana Kidd had spread salacious rumors of his personal life throughout the NBA community.
Those suspicions, according to the same members of the organization, were never proved.
Regardless, this was not exactly an ideal work environment, or one that was going to foster team chemistry.
Then there was Carter, whose own burden is never mentioned around the team. Very few people in the organization, however -- players and management alike -- believe that the decline in his play this season is a mere coincidence.
He has shown signs of snapping out of it lately, and it has been concurrent with Kidd's problems becoming public -- which also may also be more than a coincidence. Carter, too, had a brilliant game against Toronto -- a rare occurrence this year -- and he followed it up with a very good performance at Chicago (18 points, 10 rebounds, six assists) and one good half at Minnesota.
Plus we may have confrimation of Carter being gay?
The divorce complaint that was filed Jan. 9 gave only a hint of how Joumana Kidd's behavior affected the team at large. The six-page document states that his wife had become "increasingly controlling and manipulative," causing her husband "great embarrassment," and that she has "increasingly harassed (Kidd's) employer, trainer, friends and family."
And, in perhaps the most provocative charge of all, the complaint states that "she has had trackers/homing devices put on all (of Kidd's) cars and computers in order to track his whereabouts at all times."
According to various members of the Nets' organization, who requested anonymity because of the divorce proceedings are ongoing, these surveillance efforts became more than just a wife-tracks-husband issue. They claim that since November, there had been very strong suspicions on the part of another Nets player that he, too, was being tailed by a covert operative trying to compile information of Kidd's social habits, and that the player also believed that Joumana Kidd had spread salacious rumors of his personal life throughout the NBA community.
Those suspicions, according to the same members of the organization, were never proved.
Regardless, this was not exactly an ideal work environment, or one that was going to foster team chemistry.
Then there was Carter, whose own burden is never mentioned around the team. Very few people in the organization, however -- players and management alike -- believe that the decline in his play this season is a mere coincidence.
He has shown signs of snapping out of it lately, and it has been concurrent with Kidd's problems becoming public -- which also may also be more than a coincidence. Carter, too, had a brilliant game against Toronto -- a rare occurrence this year -- and he followed it up with a very good performance at Chicago (18 points, 10 rebounds, six assists) and one good half at Minnesota.