NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Jason Kidd says the Nets will have to finish building their arena in Brooklyn, N.Y. before free agents consider joining them there in 2012.
Kidd, who led the Nets to consecutive NBA finals in 2002 and ’03, says not having a building causes players to wonder whether it will ever be completed.
Kidd made his comments before his Dallas Mavericks played the Nets on Saturday night.
The Nets are playing at the Prudential Center in Newark this season and next.
The organization has said it plans to open its new Barclays Center in Brooklyn in 2012.
New Jersey traded Kidd to Dallas in 2008.
