In his 19-year playing career, Jason Kidd suited up against the team he now coaches, the Milwaukee Bucks, in nearly 50 games. J-Kidd baffled the Bucks several times, recording a few triple-doubles and even a 30-point game—but perhaps the most memorable matchup came early in the 2009-2010 season, on November [...]
One of the NBA's best point guards through the 1990s and 2000s, Jason Kidd was revered by young basketball players everywhere, especially those playing the point. Now entering his second year as a head coach, J-Kidd is getting the opportunity to teach players who grew up idolizing him. The latest is new [...]
In his first year as a head coach in the NBA, Jason Kidd showed the world his coaching chops, helping a struggling Brooklyn Nets team with high expectations make a remarkable in-season turnaround and eventually reach the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Now, Coach Kidd will take on an entirely different challenge, [...]
The rewind of Coach Jason Kidd's rookie season closes with a monumental and thrilling playoff victory that sent his Nets to the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. No. 1: May 4, 2014—Nets Win Series in Canadian Thriller After a frustrating 10-21 start to the season, a playoff berth [...]
We carry on with Jason Kidd's rookie season countdown, and at No. 2 is a turning-point win for Kidd's squad against one of the top teams in the league. No. 2: Jan. 2, 2014 — BK tops OKC in Season-Turning Victory Entering the 2014 calendar year, Jason Kidd and the [...]
Up next on the Coach Kidd countdown: A big birthday present on the road against one of Jason's old teams: the Dallas Mavericks. No. 3: March 23, 2014 — Brooklyn Celebrates J-Kidd's B-Day With Win Dallas holds a special place in Jason Kidd’s heart. It’s where his NBA career began, [...]
The Coach Kidd rookie season countdown continues with an enormous road win by Jason's squad over the defending champion Miami Heat amid a torrid month of March. No. 4: March 12, 2014 — Nets Hold Off Heat in South Beach Thriller Heading into a March 12th meeting with the Heat in [...]
Over the course of the offseason, we'll be counting down the five best games from Jason Kidd's first season as a the head coach of the Brooklyn Nets. First on the list: the triumph of Jason's squad in his first ever playoff appearance as a coach. No. 5: Nets' Vets [...]
Like his play on the court over a 19-year NBA career, Jason Kidd’s first year as a NBA coach elicited many adjectives from onlookers. Oftentimes tumultuous, Jason’s rookie coaching season began as a roller coaster ride. During the first two months of the season, his team reached new depths of [...]
Going into Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Miami Heat on Wednesday night, Coach Jason Kidd expected aggression and desperation out of his Brooklyn Nets. With their season on the line, he got that from his team as they took a near-double-digit lead into the closing [...]