Jason Kidd
Active - 2002 - 2014 |
Born - Mar 23, 1973 in San Francisco, California, United States |
Genres - Sports & Recreation, Fantasy, Comedy
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- Chose to attend University of California, Berkley instead of Kansas so his parents could see him play basketball.
- Selected No. 2 in the 1994 NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks and went on to share Rookie of the Year honors with Grant Hill.
- Named an all-star 10 times during his 19-year career.
- Was part of the U.S. Olympic teams that won the gold medal in both 2000 and 2008.
- A week after retiring in 2013 from the New York Knicks, he was named the head coach of the Brooklyn Nets, a franchise for which he spent parts of seven seasons as a player.
- His No. 5 is retired at Cal.