Mr Kidd said he didn't subscribe to the notion that the Folio Prize was a rival to other literary prizes.
Mr Kidd said organisers from other book prizes had been in touch with advice and had been "generally very supportive".
"That first quarter on the road, you've got to make sure you take that first punch and we did that, " Knicks veteran Jason Kidd said.
"We're a veteran ballclub so we don't panic, " Jason Kidd said.
"My time in professional basketball has been an incredible journey, but one that must come to an end after 19 years, " Kidd said in a statement.
General manager Glen Grunwald said Kidd had indicated during his end-of-year exit interview that he would return for a second season with the team.
Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers described Kidd best when he said in April that he "beats you with his brain" noting that Kidd often brought the sort of intangibles that often wouldn't make a box score.
"It really has has nothing to do with the Booker, " said Mr Kidd.
"Some books go off with a loud bang when they first appear but many others do not, " said Mr Kidd, who is managing director of literary agency Aitken Alexander Associates.
Two league executives said they believe Kidd, a future Hall of Famer, will be pursued in some capacity once he retires as a player.
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None of the players said he knew whether Kidd will continue playing after the 40-year-old guard shot just 3 of 25 in the playoffs.
"We believe these new measures, which are designed to address the concerns that have been raised recently, will go a long way to restoring consumer trust in this form of TV quiz, " said Icstis chief executive George Kidd.
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Neither Smith, who has said he wants to return, nor Kidd spoke to reporters Monday.
Jason Kidd, who played on that 2009 Dallas team, said he believes more experienced teams play with a subconscious lack of fire to start games.
"They planned to ignore normal legislation governing privateering contracts, and made their own unique deal, whereby they stood to gain a fortune from Kidd's expertise as a privateer, " Konstam said.
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"These guys have all played a major role somewhere for some team, " Knicks coach Mike Woodson said of his veterans, mentioning Thomas, Kidd, Wallace, Prigioni and Marcus Camby by name, although Camby doesn't sound interested in coaching.
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Veteran guard Jason Kidd, who once played with Martin in New Jersey, said the 35-year-old has been an invaluable addition following injuries to big men Amare Stoudemire (right knee), Tyson Chandler (neck), Kurt Thomas (right foot) and Rasheed Wallace (left foot).
"I got tired of coaching against that guy for years, " Woodson said earlier in the season, when asked why the Knicks signed Kidd.
She said she did not know the money, donated under the name Janet Kidd, was actually from property developer David Abrahams who is at the centre of a wider row over donations to the Labour Party.
Pirates in Captain Kidd's time bore "almost no relation to our modern perception of pirates, " said Konstam, noting that everything we generally associate with them was invented subsequently.
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