Jason Kidd News

Prior to Brooklyn's 94-87 victory started Saturday, Raptors GM Masai Ujiri addressed a raucous crowd of thousands outside of the Air Canada Centre and, as he was walking off a podium in the pep rally atmosphere, shouted, "F--- Brooklyn."

For two days now - or actually for two sessions with inquiring-mind media types - the Raptors have addressed all sorts of questions about their youth and athleticism against the experience of the Methuselah-like Nets in the first-round playoff series.

No, there were too many variables outside of the Nets' control that affected the top eight slots in the Eastern Conference for Brooklyn to have any such master plan.

Phil Jackson's first real imprint on the Knicks organization will come when he names a new head coach or stuns the basketball world by retaining Mike Woodson.

Brooklyn Nets head coach Jason Kidd during a timeout against the Oklahoma City Thunder on January 31, 2014 at the Barclays Center.

The New York Knicks finished their disappointing season with a 95-92 victory Wednesday night over the Toronto Raptors , who blew a 21-point lead but earned the No.

As Eastern Conference teams around them jockeyed for playoff positioning, the Toronto Raptors went to Madison Square Garden looking to win their 49th game of the season against the New York Knicks .

Before what could be his final game as the New York Knicks ' coach, Mike Woodson maintained that he is the "only guy" for the job.

Brooklyn had a chance to clinch the No. 5 seed on Tuesday at home against New York, but missed badly.

Appropriately, the NBA followed sad suit on America's least favorite day by featuring only two games, neither of which really mattered in the grand scheme of things - until they somehow did.

At long last our 82-game NBA purgatory comes to a close Wednesday night. The remaining loose ends, most of which pertain to playoff seeding and ping-pong balls, will be decided, and hopefully the 2013-14 season will spring anew the next two-plus months.

The star point guard was one of few in the Brooklyn organization who went on the record on Tuesday to discuss the down season recorded by their rivals from across the East River.

Everything the Nets did last summer - from hiring Jason Kidd to trading for Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to signing Andrei Kirilenko, among other moves - was done with one idea in mind: to give Deron Williams every opportunity to become an elite player once again.

Jason Kidd informed the media prior to Tuesday night's game against the New York Knicks that Mirza Teletovic and his wife welcomed in twin babies earlier in the day.

A win tonight will tell the truth about the Brooklyn Nets' playoff seed heading into the 2014 postseason.

Anthony was getting his sore right shoulder evaluated Tuesday morning and coach Mike Woodson says the Knicks' leading scorer "probably won't" play against the Nets.

The Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks are getting together on Tuesday night for Game 81 of the season, with next to nothing at stake, with the Knicks our of the playoffs and the Nets trying to win one of the next two games in order to lock in the 5th seed in the East.

It's as inevitable as the sunrise and in some cases truly warranted. We could debate the merits of firing these men, but let's deal in realities.

Following what could have been his final game of the season and perhaps even last as a New York Knick on Sunday, Carmelo Anthony still seemed like he was in a state of shock about not making the playoffs.The Knicks were officially eliminated from playoff contention on Saturday night.

Going into their second straight appearance in the post-season, Nets coach Jason Kidd was looking to see how his players would respond in certain situations.