Jason Kidd doesn't think he should be blamed for the trade that shipped him out of New Jersey, according to the New York Daily News.

"I didn't quit on the team," said Kidd, who will play the Nets on Saturday in Dallas. "The ride was over. At the end of the day, I gave everything that I could give to the Nets. There were no more rabbits that I could pull out of the hat. There were no more rabbits that Rod (Thorn) could pull out of a hat. That is as far as they could go. I took them as high as I could."

He even referred to the infamous migraine incident, in which many people believed Kidd was faking it.

"I don't believe in protesting and would never do that to the game," Kidd said. "My whole thing about the extension, that will take care of itself. Rod does business the way that he wants to do it."