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"You can't stop players like that You almost want Jason to score because it eliminates assists, rebounds, things like that. "-Lakers forward Rick Fox after a typically productive game by Jason Kidd.
Jason Kidd of the New Jersey Nets is the premier playmaker in the NBA. Some might like to throw the word "arguably" in that previous sentence. Not here. Through the 2003-04 seasons, Kidd had led the league in assists in five of six years (he was second in 2001-02). His run of three assist titles in a row during that span has been matched by only three players-John Stockton, Oscar Robertson and Bob Cousy-in NBA history.
Of those three greats, Kidd's game leans more toward Robertson's than Stockton's or Cousy's. He is a triple-double waiting to happen, a player capable of dominating a game in the scoring column, on defense and on the boards in addition to his expertise in all the traditional point guard roles: running an offense, leading the fast break and distributing the ball to the right shooters at the right times.
The biography of Jason Kidd goes as such. Growing up, Kidd was no better than the second-best point guard in Oakland, California. That's because Gary Payton was four years older. Payton served as a mentor, of sorts, for Kidd, letting him join the older players in pick-up games and teaching him toughness and competitiveness at a young age. "He opened my eyes to some different things," Kidd recalled.
Kidd did quite well on his own, too. He earned 1992 High School Player of the Year honors and was a two-year college star at California before Dallas selected him second in the 1994 NBA Draft. Kidd shared 1995 Rookie of the Year honors with Grant Hill, and in his second year set a Mavericks record with 25 assists in a game. His multiple 700-assists, 500-board seasons placed him in an elite class with Robertson and Magic Johnson.
Kidd spent three years with Dallas and five with Phoenix before joining New Jersey for 2001-02. In his first two years with the Nets, the perennial All-Star became the team's career leader in triple-doubles while helping New Jersey become a legitimate title contender.
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