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Jason Kidd

Career Highlights: All-Star guard Jason Kidd of the Dallas Mavericks is considered to be one of the greatest playmakers in NBA history…His longevity (17 NBA seasons) is an asset as is his on-court versatility which makes him a regular triple-double threat every time he steps on the floor…A 10-time NBA All-Star, Kidd led the Dallas Mavericks to NBA Playoffs the past three seasons, including all the way to the NBA Finals in 2011…Kidd has led his teams to the post season for 15 straight years…Prior to rejoining the Mavericks in 2007, Kidd led New Jersey to the NBA Finals in both 2002 and 2003…A veteran of 17 NBA seasons, Kidd holds career averages of 13.2 points, 9.1 assists and 6.5 rebounds…Kidd is the only player in NBA history to record 15,000 points, 10,000 assists and 7,000 rebounds...He is also the only player to have a 700+ assist and 500+ rebound season seven times…Kidd also has posted more than 100 career triple-doubles…He has been named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team four times and the All-Defensive Second Team on five other occasions…In his career, has also been named to the All-NBA First Team five times (1999-2002 and 2004) and the All-NBA Second Team in 2003…Kidd was traded to the New Jersey Nets in July 2001 after four and a half seasons with the Phoenix Suns and three and a half years in Dallas…Kidd holds numerous New Jersey Nets franchise records including career three-pointers (729), career assists (4,090), assists in a season (808), steals (876), triple-doubles (49), and triple-doubles in a season (12 in 2006-07)…He became only the fourth player in NBA history to lead the league in assists three straight years (1998-2000)…Kidd participated in the 2008 Olympics where the team went undefeated in winning their first gold medal since the 2000 Olympics…Kidd has an impressive resume for USA Basketball with an undefeated record of 56-0 including exhibition games…He has brought home five gold medals including three from Olympic qualifying tournaments, one from the 2000 Sydney Olympics and one from the 2008 Beijing Olympics...He was named the USA Basketball 2007 Male Athlete of the Year…Named the 1994-95 co-Rookie of the Year (with Grant Hill), Kidd was also named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team…Kidd played two years at the University of California where he became the first sophomore to be named Pac-10 Player of the Year after averaging 16.7 points and 6.9 rebounds, while leading the nation with 9.1 assists per game…He was named a First-Team All-America…Kidd won the Naismith Award as the nation’s top high school player after his senior season at St. Joseph of Notre Dame (Alameda, CA)…He was also named Parade and USA Today High School Player of the Year.                          

Updated: June, 2011

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