paul pierce has played with him before, kevin garnett -- >> but it was new jersey nets. >> exactly right. and his coach, his coach jason kidd, is a guy who played with him in with the new jersey nets when they were going to the nba finals. perfect. >> l.z., i want to read this nba commissioner has already released a statement congratulating jason collins, adam silver says, "jason told us that his goal was to earn another contract with an nba team. today i want to commend him on achieving his goal. i know everyone in the nba family is excited for him and proud that our league fosters an inclusive and respectful environment." so the league supports him. his coach and some of the nets players and friends of his were making it sound easy. what are we missing, if anything, here? >> well, first of all, we're missing that people do care about the brooklyn nets. i'm going to defer or differ with terrance on that. they're in the playoff hunt. they're in the playoff hunt and if they get in and likely get in the seventh or eighth spot which means they would face the indiana pacers. why is this impo

kevin garnett. paul pierce is a really nice guy. i hate him. tom brady, this is my thing.n sports so much and every time i meet a guy from boston they are the nicest guy in the world. and tom brady has the best life in the world. you know what i mean? wreck a car, lose a super bowl, beautiful wife, $100 million contract. who cares, it's tom brady. >> seth: i'm really -- i grew up liking comic books. i'm pretty excited about this. you are in the new captain america movie. this is so big. [ cheers and applause ] you play falcon. >> this is how you know this is my reel. so you know, they air brush stuff. this is how you know this is my real arm, okay? so i have a killer farmers tan right here. so down here i got like wesley snipe arm. up here i got like will smith arm. so like, there is no blend in there, you know? that's how you know it is my real arm. i figured that out looking at the picture. >> seth: now you, you play falcon. >> yes. i'm taking this. >> seth: yeah of course. as well you should. [ light laughter ] now i saw the trailer. it seems like a ton of action. are y

kevin garnett who plays on the nets, he played with jason collins last season on the celtics. joe johnson played with jason collins, the coach jason kidd played with jason collins many years in new jersey. they know him and they know what he's about. they might not have known he was gay when he was playing with them, but just speaks to their character that they're able to understand that they're friends and, you know, being gay doesn't make you who you are. >> stefan bondy, thanks so much for your time. again, if you're just joining us, the news being jason collins signing with the brooklyn nets. ten-day contract, potentially playing tonight in los angeles against the lakers. >>> all right, moving on now to ukraine where the country looks to an uncertain future with no clear leader. former prime minister yulia tymoshenko announced she does not want to be the next prime minister. she rallied the crowd in kiev hours after being released from jail. ended a stunning day of events that included parliament voting out president viktor yanukovych he tried to leave ukraine last night a

coach jason kidd, he also played on other teams with current nets joe johnson, paul pierce and kevin garnetts of summer going south for spring training, and in arizona, ryan braun has some imageriable talking about on his agenda. remember him after ve hemently denying he used performance enhancing drugs served a suspension. >> it was difficult. i've been asked the most difficult part of the process and there was no easy part. none of it was easy. there is no blueprint, this is how you handle the situation. i made a big mistake and all i can try to do from it is learn, grow, become a better person and move forward. >> that programs it up for sports. i think the key word in spring training is spring. i think i speak for a lot of parts of the country, we're ready for spring at this point. >> watch that go hockey game yesterday broke my heart. we were on the edge of our seats. >> canada beat them again for the gold medal. >> four years, four years away. >> a modern development coming up against historic discovery, life found beneath this florida construction site. >> welcome back to aljazeera am