Jason Kidd

Jason Kidd was one of the greatest point guards in basketball history. He helped the USA win Olympic gold medals in 2000 and 2008. He also won gold medals at the FIBA Americas Championship in 1999, 2003, and 2007. Kidd played in college at U Cal Berkeley and was the second overall pick of the Dallas Mavericks in round one of the 1994 NBA Draft.

Kidd played in the NBA for 19 years, finally retiring after the 2018/19 season. He was with the Mavericks through the 1996 season and then played with the Phoenix Suns (1996-2001), the New Jersey Nets (2001-08), back with the Mavericks from 2008-12, and finally played one season with the New York Knicks. He finished his NBA career with averages of 12.6 points/game and 8.7 assists/game.

Kidd won multiple honors in his NBA career. He helped the Dallas Mavericks win the NBA title in 2011. He was a 10-time NBA All-Star (1996, 1998, 2000-04, 2007-08, 2010) and was named to the All-NBA First Team five times (1999-2002, 2004), and the Second Team in 2003. He led the NBA in assists five times (1999-2001, 2003-04), was voted co-Rookie of the Year in 1995, and won the NBA Sportsmanship Award in 2012 and 2013. A defensive stalwart, Kidd was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team in 1999, 2001-02, and 2006, and was on the Second Team in 2000, 2003-05, and 2007. In 2021 Kidd was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.

After his playing career ended Kidd quickly moved into the head coach’s chair, being named head coach of the Brooklyn Nets in 2013. He coached the Milwaukee Bucks from 2014-18, was an assistant with the Los Angeles Lakers from 2019-21, and in 2021 became head coach of the Dallas Mavericks.