Alonzo Mourning took time out from his usual rants about the Nets management to offer praise for the Nets' Big Three of Jason Kidd, Vince Carter and Richard Jefferson, saying as a unit they are much better than their Mavs' perimeter players--Josh Howard, Jason Terry, and Jerry Stackhouse. In the past, Mourning has claimed the Nets tried to kill him in 2004 by overplaying him.
- The First Salvo? - Ira Winderman - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel