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<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Alonzo Mourning played a total of 12 games during one month at the cost of about $23 million to the Nets, so it will be hard to convince the owners and prospective buyers of this forlorn franchise that he was worth that kind of money.
He was, though, and not just because it was Mourning who convinced Jason Kidd to return to New Jersey. If a little piece of Mourning rubbed off on those around him, if just a molecule of his dignity and focus was transferred to his haughty younger teammates, then the investment will provide its dividends down the road.</div>
Full Story:
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/story/139911p-124209c.html
I really liked this part:
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Martin had been callous and immature last week, when he mocked Mourning during a row at practice with those comments, "My kidney, my kidney." Martin is not a bad guy. He knew he had done wrong soon enough, learning quickly from his own insolence. He spoke with Mourning about the blowup that day, and then again yesterday morning on the telephone.
"In the heat of the moment you say things you wished you hadn't, no matter if it's basketball, or at work," Martin said. "I apologized right afterwards. It still doesn't take it back that I said it. I apologized to him, he accepted my apology and we moved on from there."
You listened to Martin, and he seemed to be growing up right in front of you. If Mourning had managed that alone, then he had accomplished quite a bit in his short stay.</div>
He was, though, and not just because it was Mourning who convinced Jason Kidd to return to New Jersey. If a little piece of Mourning rubbed off on those around him, if just a molecule of his dignity and focus was transferred to his haughty younger teammates, then the investment will provide its dividends down the road.</div>
Full Story:
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/story/139911p-124209c.html
I really liked this part:
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Martin had been callous and immature last week, when he mocked Mourning during a row at practice with those comments, "My kidney, my kidney." Martin is not a bad guy. He knew he had done wrong soon enough, learning quickly from his own insolence. He spoke with Mourning about the blowup that day, and then again yesterday morning on the telephone.
"In the heat of the moment you say things you wished you hadn't, no matter if it's basketball, or at work," Martin said. "I apologized right afterwards. It still doesn't take it back that I said it. I apologized to him, he accepted my apology and we moved on from there."
You listened to Martin, and he seemed to be growing up right in front of you. If Mourning had managed that alone, then he had accomplished quite a bit in his short stay.</div>
