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NETS NOTEBOOK Nets; Jefferson: Realistically, Tim Thomas is all talk Thursday, October 07, 2004 BY DAVE D'ALESSANDRO Star-Ledger Staff In one moment, Richard Jefferson said he'd prefer to stay out of the churlish conflict between the Knicks' Tim Thomas and former Net Kenyon Martin, now with the Denver Nuggets.
In the next moment, he found it hard to resist offering an opinion on how a physical confrontation would turn out, which Thomas has been promoting since last spring.
"Kenyon is no longer my teammate, so I will not say anything to stir things up," Jefferson said yesterday. "But let's be real. All I'm going to say is, let's be real. Kenyon versus Tim Thomas?"
It was at that point that Jefferson made a face, the same one he'd make watching Mussolini's tank divisions smash the Egyptian cavalry.
"I'm not saying who'd win," he said. "I'm not saying, 'Poor Tim Thomas,' or 'Poor Kenyon.' The one thing I will say is, 'Let's be real.'"
Jefferson admitted he felt bad that Thomas couldn't play in last year's playoff series between the Nets and Knicks after being clobbered in midair by Jason Collins in Game 1. But he also believed that Thomas' remarks revealed he wanted no part of the Nets.
"You never want to see someone go out of a series like that," Jefferson said. "But if you recall his statements, saying, 'They can't stop you, so they try to take you out' -- he had 12 points with four minutes to go, and the game was pretty much over with.
"So, obviously, I would have to say he was probably rooting for us to sweep the Knicks, so he wouldn't have to play again later in that series. A lot of people talk, but we'll see when they play the Denver Nuggets
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