Kidd's back still an issue

Jason Kidd's back felt better on Tuesday, but he went to see the chiropractor for the third straight day. Coach Lawrence Frank isn't expecting Kidd to play Thursday against the Knicks.

It would be wise to rest Kidd as long as possible since these games don't matter. The Nets need Kidd healthy on Oct. 31 for the opener against the Bulls.

Of course, not having him here hurts the Nets as they try and implement a new system and integrate guys such Jamaal Magloire and Malik Allen.

But Kidd already knows the system and knows where the open man is, and right now the important things for the Nets' best and most important player are rest and treatment.

GM Ed Stefanski confirmed it was the same thing that kept Kidd out of two games last year. But the GM said he doesn't think it's any worse.

"We feel it's basically the same as last year," Stefanski said.

"He did feel better today. I can't give you an exact time when he'll be back on the court, but he is progressing positive."

It may be too early to surmise this, but it is possible that Kidd's workload from playing for Team USA contributed to this.

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It's a good thing it's the preseason. Kidd isn't the only one down.

Darrell Armstrong has a sprained left foot, but he expects to play Thursday. Josh Boone has a sprained left ankle, and Jason Collins has a sprained right wrist that he suffered when Gerald Wallace slapped down on his hand Monday in Charlotte. Ironically, Frank just called a play for Collins, too. (I didn't believe it, either).

You have to love Darrell. He wanted to practice Tuesday and said he tried to run out there, but trainer Tim Walsh stopped him.

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From what we heard, Sean Williams was very active in his debut in Charlotte on Monday and had a few eyebrow-raising plays. One was a block that led to a fastbreak and the other a put-bank dunk over Emeka Okafor. We'll let Vince Carter describe it:

"There was a miss, and the ball was going up, and he and Okafor were going up. He just kept going up a little higher, and once he caught it he kind of waited for Okafor to come down. And he comes down and just dunked it. Two hands. He caught it and was just holding it and comes down the rim – BOOM. Damn. I remember Okafor saying, 'He can get up.' [I was like], 'Yes, he can.'

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Nenad Krstic may appear in one of the Nets' next two exhibition games.

Comments

[jerry]

There is a simple solution to JKidds back problem, that isn't helped much by chiropratic. That is try one of the expert acupuncturists from the local area. All sprains/strains are routinely treated with acupuncture. Healing time for most musculoskeletal injuries is reduced several fold from our practice experience. My Chinese wife is a MD-acupuncturist who sees patients with primarily serious injuries, but we are in Pennsylvania, or else would treat the Nets at no cost.
I realize JKidd may have had some acupuncture in the past, but be aware that there is a wide range of abilities of acupuncturists. Also, since most private insurance doesn't cover acupuncture and since there is both ignorance, denial, and envy among the various medical specialties (neurologists, phys.med/rehab, pain medicine, ortho. surgeons and chiropractors, the healing abilities of acupuncture are being kept largely hidden to the sports world. Acupuncture is most effective following PT treatment. Eventually, every major sports team should have their own full time Acupuncturist - would save millions a year in games not missed.

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