Zoran wants to make his point
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Zoran Planinic didn't need the South Beach Diet or Atkins to drop nearly 20 pounds over the summer.
All he needed was to hear that Jason Kidd would be missing an extended period of time due to knee surgery to find the motivation.
"As soon as I heard that Jason was going to have an operation and might not come back until (November or December), I knew what I had to do," Planinic said. "That is why I stayed here and worked my (rear) off. At the end of last season, I was 226-to-227 (pounds). Now I am 209."
Planinic hopes the Nets are noticing his slimmer physique. Faster and more confident than he was during a trying rookie season, Planinic hopes to beat out veteran point guards Jacque Vaughn and Travis Best for the starting nod while Kidd rehabs his left knee.
"We gave him a weight to come back at and he beat it by four pounds," Lawrence Frank said. "Those other guys have played in the league but knowing the offense, I think (Planinic) obviously has a really good start."
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I'm real curious to see who's the starter in the first pre-season game on Thursday.