Jason Kidd
Jason Frederick Kidd ( born March 23, 1973 in San Francisco ) is a retired American professional basketball player and current coach. He played from 1994 to 2013 in the U.S. professional league NBA, most recently at the New York Knicks on the position of the point guards. In 2011 he won his only championship with the Dallas Mavericks. Kidd is second on the list Assist in the league, second on the list of steals and third on the list of transformed three-point throws. In addition, he is the player with the third most triple -double in NBA history.
- 2.1 Brooklyn Nets ( Since 2013)
Career
Early years
Kidd was born as the first of six children. He was raised by his African-American father and Irish-American mother at Oakland Hills and went there on the St. Paschal Baylon - school. He often played on the courts in Oakland, where he also regularly faced the future NBA All-Star Gary Payton.
He later moved to the St. Joseph Notre Dame High School in Alameda, California, and was part of the basketball team. He led the St. Joseph Notre Dame Pilots to two state championships and scored in his senior year while averaging 25 points, 10 assists, 7 rebounds and 7 steals per game. For these services he was rewarded with numerous individual awards, including the Naismith Award for the best high school basketball players in the nation. The magazines PARADE and USA Today also named him player of the year. He was also charged twice player of the year from California and was also a McDonald's All-American.
Kidd surprised many fans and journalists at the same time, when he decided to attend the University of California, Berkeley, a university that only won 10 of 28 games last year.
College
Kidd attended the University of California, Berkeley for two years. In his first year, he was 13 points, 7.7 assists, 4.9 rebounds and 3.8 steals recorded in section. He was elected to the National Freshman of the Year. With his 220 assists and 110 steals he set new school records. In his second year he was able to improve even further: 16.7 points, 9.1 assists, 6.9 rebounds and 3.1 steals per game. With a total of 272 assists, he presented again on a school record. In that year he was elected to the Pac -10 Player of the Year and a First Team All-American.
Since 2004, Kidd's jersey number 5 will no longer be awarded to the University of California.
Dallas Mavericks (1994-1996)
Jason Kidd was selected during Draft 1994 second position, after the first pick Glenn Robinson, of the Dallas Mavericks. In the previous season, the Mavericks were able to win only 13 games and in Kidd's first year, they escalated equal to 36 victories. In that year he shared with Grant Hill of the Detroit Pistons Rookie of the Year - Award. Together led both the NBA All - Rookie First Team in this year. In addition to Jim Jackson and Jamal Mashburn he was one of the three largest service providers in Dallas, of which a recovery was expected in the game the Mavericks.
Phoenix Suns (1996-2001)
The trio was separated and Kidd moved into the 1996/1997 season along with Tony Dumas to the Phoenix Suns. The Suns reached in all five seasons with Kidd, the NBA playoffs, but never managed to win the championship.
New Jersey Nets (2001-2008)
2001 Kidd was sent with Chris Dudley in exchange for Stephon Marbury, Johnny Newman and Somailia Samake to the New Jersey Nets. In his first season with the Nets, he led them to surprising 52 wins and was second in the vote for MVP of the regular season. He led the team to two consecutive NBA Finals (2002 and 2003). In the first final they had to the Los Angeles Lakers and beat the San Antonio Spurs in the second pass. 2004 Kidd was operated on because of a cartilage injury with the microfracture technique at the knee. Kidd was ten times called to the NBA All-Star Team ( 1996, 1998, 2000-2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010) and led for many years the lists Assists in the NBA at. Thus he was one of the most outstanding players in the league, among other things, because he regularly triple -double ( 107 as at 4 June 2011) handed in in games. In early January 2008, he managed to score three triple- doubles in a row that previously managed only Grant Hill (1997 ) and Michael Jordan ( 1989).
Back to the Dallas Mavericks (2008-2012)
February 19, 2008 Kidd was traded with Malik Allen and Antoine Wright to the Dallas Mavericks, where he began his NBA career. In exchange went Devin Harris, Trenton Hassell, Maurice Ager, DeSagana Diop and Keith Van Horn, and a First Round draft pick in 2009 and another in 2010 at the Nets. In addition, Dallas paid a signing bonus in the amount of U.S. $ 3 million. With 21.372 million U.S. dollars a year, he was the highest paid in the 2008 /2009 season, point guard in the league.
Kidd had hoped to be with the Dallas Mavericks master, but this plan failed in 2009 initially in the Conference Semifinals - ( 2 Playoff Round ) where his Dallas Mavericks against the Denver Nuggets ausschienden ( Full Series: 1:4 ). On 11 July 2009, it was known that Kidd has signed a contract for three more years with the Mavs, who brings him more than U.S. $ 25 million. In the playoffs, 2010, the Mavs eliminated in the first round against the San Antonio Spurs.
On 12 November 2010 Kidd told the 11,000. Assist of his career. So He scored the second most assists in NBA history - only John Stockton could achieve more ( 15,806 ).
In the 2010/2011 season with the Mavericks, he won his first and only NBA Championship. On 21 February 2012, he overtook Michael Jordan on the eternal list of steals and is now in second place behind John Stockton.
New York Knicks (2012-2013)
His expiring contract in Dallas, he did not renew and switched to the New York Knicks, who had already tried three years earlier, to oblige him. He signed a three-year contract and was wearing the shirt number 5 After only one year with the Knicks ended his career Kidd after a total of 19 years as a pro. He is the only player in NBA history to score at least 16,000 points, 8,000 rebounds and 12,000 assists.
Career as a coach
Brooklyn Nets ( Since 2013)
After the end of his active career Kidd announced to want to work as a coach in the future. He was then introduced in June 2013 as the new head coach of the Brooklyn Nets. For the team, he was active as a player from 2001 to 2008 in New Jersey. Kidd received a contract until 2015.