NEW YORK — President Rod Thorn's "bold" admission last week that he tried to trade Jason Kidd to the Lakers right up until the deadline is a dead giveaway the Nets guard was intimately involved in New Jersey's game plan.
In fact, Kidd, who compiled his 11th playoff triple-double (23 points, 13 rebounds, 14 assists to place him a mere 19 behind leader Magic Johnson) in Saturday's 96-80 victory over the Cavaliers, was fully in favor of joining the Lakers, sources said at the time.
At the same time, he understood completely L.A.'s reluctance to surrender Andrew Bynum as the principal player in the package.
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