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Toni Braxton is a teamwrecker..
Jason and Jim -- part of the "Three J's" (Jamal Mashburn was the third) who were supposed to rebuild the Mavericks in the mid-1990s, feudedalmost the whole time they were together in Dallas -- 2 1/2 seasons. The cause of the rift? Well, Kidd accused Jackson of selfishness, on the court.
But saucier things happened (or didn't happen) off the court. The story goes that singer Toni Braxton stopped by the Mavs' hotel in Atlanta to pickup her date for the evening -- Kidd -- but left with Jackson instead. And then milked the ensuing publicity for all it was worth, telling a reporter who askedabout the situation, "I've at least heard of them [but] as far as dating, whether it's true or not, I can never kiss and tell."
Kidd demanded a trade -- either him or Jackson -- and the Mavs dealt him to the Suns. Jackson exited just a few months later . But both denied Braxtoncaused the rift. "I don't know how many times we have to say it," Jackson said. "He says it, I say it, it's never happened. It'sridiculous."
"I've never met her," Kidd said long after. "But those type of things hurt a young team. We didn't know how to handle it."
http://espn.go.com/page2/...eammatefeuds/031103.html
Jason and Jim -- part of the "Three J's" (Jamal Mashburn was the third) who were supposed to rebuild the Mavericks in the mid-1990s, feudedalmost the whole time they were together in Dallas -- 2 1/2 seasons. The cause of the rift? Well, Kidd accused Jackson of selfishness, on the court.
But saucier things happened (or didn't happen) off the court. The story goes that singer Toni Braxton stopped by the Mavs' hotel in Atlanta to pickup her date for the evening -- Kidd -- but left with Jackson instead. And then milked the ensuing publicity for all it was worth, telling a reporter who askedabout the situation, "I've at least heard of them [but] as far as dating, whether it's true or not, I can never kiss and tell."
Kidd demanded a trade -- either him or Jackson -- and the Mavs dealt him to the Suns. Jackson exited just a few months later . But both denied Braxtoncaused the rift. "I don't know how many times we have to say it," Jackson said. "He says it, I say it, it's never happened. It'sridiculous."
"I've never met her," Kidd said long after. "But those type of things hurt a young team. We didn't know how to handle it."
http://espn.go.com/page2/...eammatefeuds/031103.html
