{"id":72,"date":"2003-07-11T19:14:09","date_gmt":"2003-07-11T23:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/2003\/07\/spurs_get_spurned\/"},"modified":"2003-07-11T19:14:09","modified_gmt":"2003-07-11T23:14:09","slug":"spurs_get_spurned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/07\/11\/spurs_get_spurned\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs Get Spurned"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nba\/news\/2003\/0711\/1579328.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/images\/kidd_morning_ht.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"Kidd &amp; Mourning sign with Nets\" border=\"1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Lots of moves made today in the NBA.  It appears that both <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/images\/kidd_morning_ht.jpg\" title=\"Mourning agrees to four-year, $20M deal\">Jason Kidd and Alonzo Mourning will sign with the Nets<\/a>.  Word seems to be that they like their odds of consistently making it to the NBA Finals if they stay in the Eastern Conference.   <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nba\/news\/2003\/0710\/1578914.html\" title=\"O'Neal to get seven-year, $120 million deal\">Jermaine O&#8217;Neal joined Jason Kidd is declining the Spurs&#8217; offer<\/a>.   And for $120 million over 7 years, who can blame him?  I wonder what the Spurs will do now.  They still have a lot of money to throw around.  One thing&#8217;s for sure, next years playoffs will be very exciting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of moves made today in the NBA. It appears that both Jason Kidd and Alonzo Mourning will sign with the Nets. Word seems to be that they like their odds of consistently making it to the NBA Finals if they stay in the Eastern Conference. Jermaine O&#8217;Neal joined Jason Kidd is declining the Spurs&#8217;&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/07\/11\/spurs_get_spurned\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Spurs Get Spurned<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":419,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/11\/20\/pacers_pistons_game_turns_into_an_ugly_fight_with_fans\/","url_meta":{"origin":72,"position":0},"title":"Pacers \/ Pistons Game Turns into an Ugly Fight with Fans","date":"November 20, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"(Here's the video of the fight) Or maybe I should have said \"I went to an NBA game and the Vibe Awards broke out\". 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He took that as a sign of disrespect. :-) This article sums it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Race&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":22,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/06\/25\/rise_of_international_basketball_talent\/","url_meta":{"origin":72,"position":2},"title":"Rise of International Basketball Talent","date":"June 25, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"This is sort of a follow-up to my earlier basketball post about the foreign invasion of basketball players. REAL Sports With Bryant Gumbel had an excellent report on international basketball this week. (The show will be rebroadcast a few more times if you missed it.) 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In a league where all but one team owner and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":248,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/11\/24\/alonzo_mourning_to_retire\/","url_meta":{"origin":72,"position":4},"title":"Alonzo Mourning to Retire","date":"November 24, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"From ESPN: EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey -- Alonzo Mourning's NBA career is over. The seven-time All-Star center will soon need a kidney transplant and will no longer be able to play professional basketball, New Jersey Nets president and general manager Rod Thorn announced on Monday morning. \"It is with great\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":106,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/07\/24\/timberwolves_now_the_favorite\/","url_meta":{"origin":72,"position":5},"title":"Timberwolves Now the Favorite?","date":"July 24, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"Just when it seemed that the Lakers were destined to take the NBA title next season, the Minnesota Timberwolves make some power moves. They've just signed Latrell Sprewell, Sam Cassell, and Michael Olowokandi. 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