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Jason Kidd
Sign in to saveAlso known as Jason Frederick Kidd, Jason "The" Kidd, J-Kidd, Ason Kidd, The Engine, Mr. Triple Double
American basketball player and coach
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Jason Kidd is an American basketball player and coach who played as a point guard. Born in San Francisco on March 23, 1973, he was drafted by the Dallas Mavericks and also played for the Brooklyn Nets, New York Knicks, and Phoenix Suns. Kidd attended the University of California, Berkeley and represented the United States in the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as the 2003 Tournament of the Americas and the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship.
During his career, Kidd received the NBA Rookie of the Year Award and was selected to the NBA All-Rookie Team and NBA All-Defensive Team. He also won the USBWA National Freshman of the Year award. Standing 193 centimeters tall and weighing 93 kilograms, Kidd is a Catholic. His professional playing career ended in 2013.
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Film & TV
Acting
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1973
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 173
- Total plays
- 953
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Jason Frederick Kidd (born March 23, 1973) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA who plays for the Dallas Mavericks. He led the New Jersey Nets to two consecutive NBA Finals appearances (2002 and 2003) and won an NBA championship with the Mavericks in 2011. His on-court versatility also makes him a regular triple-double threat, and he is in third place all-time for regular season triple-doubles in the NBA with a career total of 107 and second in playoffs triple-doubles with a
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- BLAST+: architecture and applications
· 2009 · cited 20,482x
- Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities
· 2009 · cited 18,973x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,613x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,776x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,955x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1973-03-23 ) March 23, 1973 (age 53) , San Francisco, California , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
- Listed weight
- 210 lb (95 kg)
- 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
- 1994 1996
- Dallas Mavericks
- 1996 2001
- Phoenix Suns
- 2001 2008
- New Jersey Nets
- 2008 2012
- Dallas Mavericks
- 2012 2013
- New York Knicks
- 2013 2014
- Brooklyn Nets
- 2014 2018
- Milwaukee Bucks
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- _Retired Basketball
- Position
- Point Guard
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
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Encyclopedic overview
Jason Frederick Kidd (born March 23, 1973) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest point guards of all time, 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. He has been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame twice: in 2018 for his individual career, and in 2025 as a member of the Redeem Team. In 2021, Kidd was honored as one of the league's greatest players by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.
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 NBA Finals. He finished his playing career in 2013 with the New York Knicks.
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