Kidd has been through alot in his many dedicated years in the NBA, he was a standout in high school at St.Joseph Notre Dame, and was heavily recruted by the University of California Berkely, where he went on and became a star and was an immediate prediciton at going very soon in the draft, just like the prediction the Dallas Mavericks took him with the second overall pick in the 1994 NBA draft, A huge point guard at 6'4 and weighed 210 lbs when he came in. In Kidd's early years he could have easily been compared to Derrick Rose and Russell Westbrook in terms of altheticisim, kidd moved around alot in the league playing for the mavs,suns,and nets and the mavs again. he was always a household name he could drive in score and dish it out, of course leading the Nets to back to back Finals (2002,2003) but came up short, hes lead his team whoever it may be to the playoffs 14 consecutive seasons. and holds a record he doesnt want to have playing the most playoff games of any player without winning a title. Kidd's ;ast few years he lost his shooting stroke somehow and knew he had to find a way back, so with countless hours in the gym he got his stroke back down in which his son and shooting coach coined the phrase "lock it up" referring to Kidd locking his elbow when he shoots, Kidd knows teams leave him open for 3's so why not drain em? kidd has become bery wise with his age, realizing that every team has 6 full time outs and each time out lasts 110 seconds, with an extra 5 for the play to start back so he rests until the second horn, Kidd has realized that this all adds up to 4 hours of extra rest during the season, hes second on the all time assist list behind the great John Stockton, but i believe Kidd may very well be on top one day. Kidd is the only play in history to score 15,000 points 10,000 assists and 7,000 rebounds, some how Jason Kidd has found the fountain of youth Dirk Nowitski says and Tyson Chandler has said "man J. Kidd can hit you places that you think you have no chance to score but he knows you can and what do you know Bam! 2 points" Kidd is a sure fire hall of famer no doubt he has nothing left to prove he wants that title to submit his legacy, so in closing we would like to thank Jason Kidd for his many years of great play in a league we all love and just like the Dr. j's and clyde Drexler in thier respective positions, Jason Kidd could go down as one of the best point guards ever and its well deserved, so thank you mr. Kidd and youll forever be remembered for your Basketball i.q. and your love of the game, he can relate to this quote," even when im old and gray i may not be able to play it but ill always love the game"- Michael Jordan
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