While some of his colleagues at the Daily News were focusing on Jason Kidd's nasty divorce--or Richard Jefferson's black eye--columnist Mike Lupica composed a veritable ode to the Nets point guard. Calling Kidd "one of the great basketball players we will ever have around here", Lupica writes that among New York area guards, only the Knicks' 70's era duo of Walt Frazier and Earl Monroe can be compared with him.
- Shooting From the Lip - Mike Lupica - New York Daily News