Alonzo Mourning made his 2005 Heat debut tonight in New Jersey of all places, the team where Mourning was disgruntled and wanted a buyout.  The Nets ended up trading him to the Toronto Raptors as part of the package which landed Vince Carter, leaving Mourning to negotiate his buyout with the NBA's Canadian franchise.

Now back at the Swamp in an opposition jersey Mourning, showing that he not only remains bitter at Nets GM Rod Thorn but also showing little respect for the New Jersey franchise as a whole.

He said Nets president Rod Thorn gave an unfair portrayal of him after trading him to Toronto. Mourning took issue with Thorn's statements in mid-December that the Nets believed he would never have played another game for them.

Mourning, playing with a transplanted kidney, had gone on the injured list Dec. 10 with knee tendinitis.

"I was hurt. I had some ailments that I was dealing with. It's not like I was holding out," Mourning said. "For Rod to paint a picture like that is kind of unfair to me. If I really, really opened the truth, you guys would be amazed at some of the things that were said. But I don't think it's right to go there and do that."

Mourning portrayed his time with the Nets as depressing, saying he lost the will to compete.

"I stepped on the floor and it was like: 'Wow, I don't care,' " he explained.

After trading Mourning, Thorn didn't hold back when describing how the Nets needed to sever their relationship with a one-time superstar who was dragging down team morale.

"I'm not going to sit here and go through everything with you guys, because that's unfair to (Thorn)," Mourning said. "We had some private meetings, and some of the things that were said ... it's all a part of the business. We weren't trying to make any friends. He was trying to do what's best for the organization, and I was trying to do what's best for Alonzo Mourning."