New Jersey Nets Kill AbdurRahim trade



Shareef Abdur-Rahim may be viewed as damaged goods by the New Jersey Nets organization but online bookmakers believe he is still a formidable player who will help any team he joins.

The New Jersey Nets on Tuesday rescinded their trade with the Portland Trail Blazers for forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim and acquired forward Marc Jackson from Philadelphia.

The Abdur-Rahim trade was put on hold last week after the nine-year veteran failed a physical. The Nets didn't disclose the nature of the medical problem, but team president Rod Thorn said it was something neither Abdur-Rahim nor the Trail Blazers knew about.

Obviously we weren't aware of it, and after all the conversations back and forth, I don't think the player was aware there was any problem,'' Thorn said. He hadn't missed any games regarding this. To my knowledge, (Portland) wasn't aware of it.''

Abdur-Rahim is now a free agent and other teams will be interested. This could be what has prompted most online bookmakers to remove NBA Eastern Conference Championship future odds from their slate. At press time, Gambling911.com could not find any NBA Conference Title future odds.

"The key now is to try and figure out which team Abdur-Rahim will land on and whether it is enough of a push to make his new team a leading contender during the 2005-2006 NBA season," commented Christopher Costigan, Founder and President of www.gambling911.com. "He's now a major free agent on the market who until today provided the Nets with a glimmer of hope for another championship."

www.vipsports.com was one of the few online sportsbooks at press time listing NBA Championship odds only, with New Jersey a 30 to 1 favorite to win the title. Even these odds are somewhat risky considering there were many experts who believed the Nets could end up in yet another NBA Finals after a two year absence.

As for Marc Jackson, the 6-10 Jackson averaged 12.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in 81 games for Philadelphia last season. Selected after his junior season at Temple University by the Golden State Warriors in the second round (38th overall) of the 1997 NBA Draft, Jackson has played for three teams during his NBA career (Golden State-00-02, Minnesota-02-03, Philadelphia-03-05). He has posted career marks of 9.0 points and 4.7 rebounds in 267 games.

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New Jersey Nets Kill AbdurRahim trade