Jason Kidd News

Whether it's their inability to look even remotely competent, Jason Kidd's "coaching" on the sidelines or the sadly humorous Kevin Garnett commercials , they've emerged as the NBA 's premier laughingstock.

Jason Kidd and the struggling Brooklyn Nets try to put an embarrassing loss behind them when they visit the Milwaukee Bucks Saturday at the Bradley Center.

Is the city the basketball capital of the world? You've got to be joking as the Knicks and Nets dish up the trash Tim Noonan has been crafting uniquely provocative columns for the SCMP and SMP for more than a decade.

It's been a rough start to the season for Knicks coach Mike Woodson, right, but got a little better when he knocked off Jason Kidd and the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday.

It ain't easy being the only help defender on a team that isn't exactly the best at staying in front of ballhandlers or cutters in the first place.

Following a home-court loss to the hapless crosstown rival New York Knicks , the Brooklyn Nets have lost four of their last five games.

The Brooklyn Nets are facing a must-win game against their crosstown rivals, the New York Knicks .

Pop the champagne, Jacoby Ellsbury. You're one of this week's winners after signing with the Yankees.

Everyone in Nets-land begged for patience. The team had to blend in new parts. Wait till they get healthy.

As the final seconds ticked off in the third quarter, Carmelo Anthony stepped just outside his own three-point line and let a 65-footer fly.

President Barack Obama marked the end of Hanukkah with not one, but two receptions at the White House on Thursday.

Allotment of Pablo Prigioni and J.R. Smith's minutes is the primary adjustment Mike Woodson needs to make in order to right the Knicks' ship.

Mike Woodson: "KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. COME ON." Jason Kidd: "KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

Call it what you will. Dumb versus dumber. Helpless versus hopeless. No matter your moniker, it's hard to recall a time when both local teams were this horrific.

Many hoped the mission this season was to lose as many games and get the highest draft pick as possible.

Go all-in on the New York Knicks ? Are the Knicks' good stats a buy and their bad stats a sell? But things look more promising than you think.

Prior to the start of the season, the mere thought of a Knicks-Nets matchup was enough to make even the casual basketball fan excited.

For most of the past five months, so much time, energy and space went to promoting what NBA team ran New York, Manhattan's Knicks or Brooklyn's Nets.

And when the smoke cleared, we went 3-1 for the day and now have improved to 21-10 win-loss betting record.

The Knicks' train wreck of a season is so tangled that it can't be explained by any one factor.