This feels a bit like deja-vu. Only a few days ago, co-winner of the NBA Rookie of the 1995 Rookie of the Year, Grant Hill announced his retirement. His co-winner, Jason Kidd has just done the same.
Like Hill, we believe that a strong case can be made for the Point Guard to be an early entrant to the Basketball Hall of Fame. His on the court legacy can be summed up by turning around weak teams and making them better. Despite that reputation, he only had one NBA Championship, that being in Dallas two seasons ago, where he was still productive, though far from the player he was the decade before.
Kidd will probably be best known for his time with the New Jersey Nets, where he had his best seasons, and led that team to an NBA Finals. Kidd’s court vision and rapid play, made him difficult to defend; though attacking players struggled equally with Kidd, as he was also known for his defensive skills.
Overall, Jason Kidd was named to five First Team All NBA Teams and four First Team All Defensive squads. Those accolades are impossible to overlook, and we can’t imagine Jason Kidd not entering the Hall in his first year, and we expect that he and Hill will join together.
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