Jason Kidd

Jason Kidd
	Kidd in 2014
Dallas Mavericks
Position	Head coach
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	March 23, 1973; San Francisco, California, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school	St. Joseph Notre Dame (Alameda, California)
College	California (1992–1994)
NBA draft	1994: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
Drafted by	Dallas Mavericks
Playing career	1994–2013
Position	Point guard
Number	5, 32, 2
Coaching career	2013–present
Career history
As a player:
1994–1996	Dallas Mavericks
1996–2001	Phoenix Suns
2001–2008	New Jersey Nets
2008–2012	Dallas Mavericks
2012–2013	New York Knicks
As a coach:
2013–2014	Brooklyn Nets
2014–2018	Milwaukee Bucks
2019–2021	Los Angeles Lakers (assistant)
2021–present	Dallas Mavericks
Career highlights
	As player: NBA champion (2011); 10× NBA All-Star (1996, 1998, 2000–2004, 2007, 2008, 2010); 5× All-NBA First Team (1999–2002, 2004); All-NBA Second Team (2003); 4× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1999, 2001, 2002, 2006); 5× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2000, 2003–2005, 2007); NBA Rookie of the Year (1995); NBA All-Rookie First Team (1995); 5× NBA assists leader (1999–2001, 2003, 2004); USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (2007); NBA 75th Anniversary Team; No. 5 retired by Brooklyn Nets; Consensus first-team All-American (1994); USBWA National Freshman of the Year (1993); NCAA assists leader (1994); NCAA steals leader (1993); Pac-10 Player of the Year (1994); Pac-10 Freshman of the Year (1993); No. 5 retired by California Golden Bears; National high school player of the year (1992); McDonald's All-American (1992); 2× First-team Parade All-American (1991, 1992); 2× California Mr. Basketball (1991, 1992); As assistant coach: NBA champion (2020);
Career NBA statistics
Points	17,529 (12.6 ppg)
Rebounds	8,725 (6.3 rpg)
Assists	12,091 (8.7 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
	Basketball Hall of Fame
Men's basketball
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
FIBA Americas Championship

Jason Frederick Kidd (born March 23, 1973) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regarded as one of the most versatile point guards ever, Kidd was a 10-time NBA All-Star, a six-time All-NBA Team member, and a nine-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. He won an NBA championship in 2011 as a member of the Dallas Mavericks and was a two-time gold medal winner in the Olympics with the U.S. national team in 2000 and 2008. In 2018, he was inducted as a player into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame^[1]^[2] along with Steve Nash and Grant Hill. In 2021, Kidd was honored as one of the league's greatest players by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.^[3]

Kidd played college basketball for the California Golden Bears and was selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the 1994 NBA draft as the second overall pick. He was named co-NBA Rookie of the Year in his first season with the Mavericks, along with Grant Hill. Then, from 1996 to 2001, Kidd played for the Phoenix Suns and later for the New Jersey Nets from 2001 to 2008. He led the Nets to two consecutive NBA Finals appearances in 2002 and 2003. In the middle of the 2007–08 season, Kidd was traded back to Dallas. At age 38, Kidd won his only NBA championship when Dallas defeated the Miami Heat in the 2011 finals. He finished his playing career in 2013 with the New York Knicks. The following season, he became the head coach of the Nets, who had relocated from New Jersey to Brooklyn. After one season, he was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks, where he coached for four seasons until he was fired mid-season in 2018. After a season off, he was an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, with whom he won an NBA championship in 2020; he reunited with the Mavericks organization in 2021 to become the franchise's head coach, reaching the Western Conference finals in his first season and later the 2024 NBA Finals in his third season.

Kidd's ability to pass and rebound made him a regular triple-double threat, and he retired ranked third for a career in the NBA for regular season triple-doubles with 107^[4] and third in playoff triple-doubles with a career total of 11.^[5] He ranks third on both the NBA all-time list in career assists and the NBA all-time list in career steals.^[6]

^ Forsberg, Chris; Haynes, Chris (March 29, 2018). "Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, Grant Hill to enter Basketball Hall of Fame". ESPN.com. Associated Press. Retrieved June 28, 2025.
^ "Former Nets All-Star Jason Kidd Inducted Into Hall of Fame". NBA.com. March 30, 2018.
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Multiple sources:
- "All-Time #NBArank: Magic Johnson tops list of greatest point guards". ESPN. January 12, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
- Bailey, Andy (September 11, 2019). "NBA All-Time Player Rankings: Top 10 Point Guards". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on January 18, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
- "20 greatest point guards ever: The HoopsHype list". hoopshype.com. November 3, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
- "NBA 75th Anniversary Team announced". National Basketball Association. October 21, 2021. Archived from the original on October 16, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
^ "Jason Kidd's triple-double helps Mavs roll 76ers". March 1, 2011. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
^ "Nets control boards this time around, take Game 3 from Cavs". ESPN. May 12, 2007. Archived from the original on May 20, 2007. Retrieved July 12, 2007.
^ "All-time assists great Kidd retiring after 19 seasons". National Basketball Association. Archived from the original on June 19, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2014.

[1] Forsberg, Chris; Haynes, Chris (March 29, 2018). "Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, Grant Hill to enter Basketball Hall of Fame". ESPN.com. Associated Press. Retrieved June 28, 2025.

[2] "Former Nets All-Star Jason Kidd Inducted Into Hall of Fame". NBA.com. March 30, 2018.

[3] Multiple sources:
"All-Time #NBArank: Magic Johnson tops list of greatest point guards". ESPN. January 12, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2022.

Bailey, Andy (September 11, 2019). "NBA All-Time Player Rankings: Top 10 Point Guards". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on January 18, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2019.

"20 greatest point guards ever: The HoopsHype list". hoopshype.com. November 3, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2022.

"NBA 75th Anniversary Team announced". National Basketball Association. October 21, 2021. Archived from the original on October 16, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2022.

[4] "All-Time #NBArank: Magic Johnson tops list of greatest point guards". ESPN. January 12, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2022.

[5] Bailey, Andy (September 11, 2019). "NBA All-Time Player Rankings: Top 10 Point Guards". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on January 18, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2019.

[6] "20 greatest point guards ever: The HoopsHype list". hoopshype.com. November 3, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2022.

[7] "NBA 75th Anniversary Team announced". National Basketball Association. October 21, 2021. Archived from the original on October 16, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2022.

[4] "Jason Kidd's triple-double helps Mavs roll 76ers". March 1, 2011. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved March 1, 2011.

[sec-5] "Nets control boards this time around, take Game 3 from Cavs". ESPN. May 12, 2007. Archived from the original on May 20, 2007. Retrieved July 12, 2007.

[6] "All-time assists great Kidd retiring after 19 seasons". National Basketball Association. Archived from the original on June 19, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2014.

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