<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>In the fall of 2001, the Nets were coming off their third straight terrible season, but in from Phoenix came Jason Kidd, and he was talking about making the playoffs. And that (and more) is exactly what happened. SLAM writer Russ Bengston takes us back six years to an interview he conducted with Kidd as the point guard was about to begin his first training camp in East Rutherford.</div></p> Interview</p>
As do I, my friend. Notice how he admitted that he was tired after the 2001 season, that really adds credibility to the statement he made this offseason, concerning his current health.</p>
i love how Kidd emphasized team basketball in New Jersey, and talked about how he would raise Martin's game.</p> That gives me the chills, it's almost as if he read the future.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ly_yng)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> It's really, really easy to forget that we'd be a perennial lottery team without Kidd.</p> </div></p> </p> WIthout him, maybe now we have Greg Oden, Kenyon Martin, LeBron James, Brandon Roy, Deron Williams. lol</p>
Maybe I'm alone in this opinion but I always felt that Jason Kidd got just a wee bit to much credit for the Nets jump in the standings. The year that he came on board, didn't Kittles come back, the team acquire big Todd, Jefferson was a key rookie and Martin play his first *full* year? Don't get me wrong, I think that he was the key ingredient. It's just that there were a *lot* of other factors and I don't think the team would've improved nearly as much without them as well.</p>
