Taken from the Dallas Morning News 9/6 Despite earlier rumors that Jason Kidd's contract was worth just under $60 million, it is actually worth $54.23 million. $48 million of that is guaranteed. If one of these three milestones is reached within his first 6 years, Kidd will receive an additional $5.95 million in his 9th year: - If Kidd is named to the All-NBA first or second teams in back- to-back years - If Kidd, during any point of the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth years of the deal, is named to the All-NBA first or second teams twice during a three-year period - If Kidd is named league MVP in at least one season. Kidd's signing bonus was only $275,000, not the reported $1 million signing bonus. Kidd did receive $1 million of his first year salary up front, though. Here is how the 3 Js' salaries compare: Season Jackson Mashburn Kidd 1994-95 $2.7 mill $2.6 mill $2.725 mill 1995-96 $3.2 mill $3.2 mill $3.543 mill 1996-97 $3.9 mill $3.8 mill $4.360 mill 1997-98 $4.6 mill $4.4 mill $5.178 mill 1998-99 --- $5.0 mill $5.995 mill 1999-2000 --- $5.6 mill $6.813 mill 2000-01 --- $6.2 mill(a) $7.630 mill 2001-02 --- --- $8.448 mill 2002-03 --- --- $9.265 mill(b) a. $3.4 mill guaranteed b. $3.315 mill guaranteed 9/17 More praise for Kidd. Terry Davis: "Oh man. He is real. It's going to be a lot of fun to play with him, I'll tell you that. I had to see it to believe it. I'm a believer now." Speaking of dollars, Tony Dumas will earn $700,000 this season. The average over his 4 year contract is $1,015,000 per year. Jamal Mashburn on his split left thumbnail: "I did it all by myself. As I was shooting, I went up and hit my tooth. It's painful. I can understand sprained ankles, but fingernails, I've never heard of anything like that." Jason Kidd also missed Friday evening's and Saturday's practices with a bruised left knee. Doug Smith also DNP(did not practice) Saturday with some minor injury. The Mini-Camp Roster: No. Player Pos Ht Wt B-day College Exp 4 Daimon Sweet ....... G 6-5 184 25 yrs Notre Dame R-FA 5 Jason Kidd ......... G 6-4 205 3/23/73 California'96 R-1 7 Tony Dumas ......... G 6-6 190 22 yrs Missouri-KC'94 R-1 20 Morlon Wiley ....... G 6-4 192 9/24/66 Long Beach State'88 6 24 Jim Jackson ........ G 6-6 220 10/14/70 Ohio State'93 2 30 Lucious Harris ..... G 6-5 190 12/18/70 Long Beach State'93 1 32 Jamal Mashburn ..... F 6-8 240 11/29/72 Kentucky'94 1 34 Doug Smith ......... F 6-10 238 9/17/69 Missouri'91 3 35 Donald Hodge ....... C 7-0 239 2/25/69 Temple'92 3 43 Terry Davis ........ F-C 6-10 250 6/17/67 Virginia Union'89 5 44 Lorenzo Williams ... C 6-9 200 7/15/69 Stetson'91 2 45 Sean Rooks ......... C 6-10 260 9/9/69 Arizona'92 2 54 Popeye Jones ....... F 6-8 250 6/17/70 Murray State'92 1 (They must have not re-weighted the vets as the weights listed in the paper are the same as those on last year's roster.) [And I have no idea what happened to Melvin Booker or if he is being invited to training camp.] The oldest player is Morlon Wiley at just turned 28. That mini-camp roster is an average age of just 24.5 years old. patricia