<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>He was always a beast, in the finest sense of the word, and nobody understood it better than Bay Area basketball fans. Jason Kidd was a steamroller of a point guard, equal parts finesse and brute force. He was a full-blown legend before he ever hit the NBA, from his back-to-back state championships at St. Joseph's-Alameda to his unforgettable freshman season at Cal, topped by a stunning NCAA Tournament victory over Duke. Coming home tends to be a pleasant experience for Kidd, but as he leads the Dallas Mavericks onto the Oracle Arena floor tonight against the Warriors, he finds himself at one of the lowest points of his NBA career. Try as he might, he cannot lift this flawed and vulnerable team into the realm of the elite. The Mavericks have all kinds of excuses, notably the knee and ankle injuries that have indefinitely shelved Dirk Nowitzki, but the fact remains that since Kidd joined the team, they are 0-9 against teams with winning records - all of but one of them (Boston) in the Western Conference. If you thought the Mavs were in tatters last year, when they were so thoroughly dismantled by the Warriors in the playoffs, you should see them now: floundering, filled with self-doubt, fighting for a playoff spot and, truth be told, not really deserving such an honor.</div> Source
He doesn't deserve better because this is what he wanted all along. He just didn't see it coming. He's not a victim, but rather a deer staring in the headlights who gets hit by a car.
Did you find this from The Onion? Kidd is where he wanted to be. The team was just better before he got there.
