Jason Kidd

Jason Frederick Kidd born March 23 1973 is an American former professional basketball player and is currently the head coach of the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association NBA According to reports he will also have a small ownership stake in the team pending NBA approval Previously a point guard in the NBA he was a tentime NBA AllStar a fivetime AllNBA First Team member and a ninetime NBA AllDefensive Team member He won an NBA championship in 2011 as a member of the Dallas Mavericks Raised in Oakland California Kidd played college basketball for the California Golden Bears and was drafted second overall by the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the 1994 NBA Draft He was named coNBA Rookie of the Year in his first season with the Mavericks 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 consecutiveNBA Finals appearances in 2002 and 2003 In the middle of the 200708 season Kidd was traded back to Dallas where he won his only NBA championship in 2011 After finishing his playing career with the New York Knicks in 201213 he retired and returned a week later as head coach for the now Brooklyn Nets Kidds ability to pass and rebound made him a regular tripledouble threat and he retired ranked third alltime in the NBA for regular season tripledoubles with a career total of 107 and second in playoff tripledoubles with a career total of 11 He also won two Olympic gold medals with the US national team in 2000 and 2008