The Genius of Kidd -- in One Simple Lesson

What we had then was amazing!

Nets fans – hold on to those memories as long as you can…

We do miss Kidd’s passing, but the trade was a great one, as it brought us a very good point guard, who is ten years younger, cheaper, and came along with lots of draft picks. You have to give up something to get something. Again, I hope Kidd gets a warm, friendly welcome at the IZOD tonight. It is too bad he left in such a negative way. Other than that, and the occasional “ego fit”, there is much Devin can learn from parts of Kidd’s game. But Devin is a much better shooter!

I remember making the phone calls that night “Can you believe the Nets are in the finals!!!!!!”

Kidd’s trade brought me back to watching the NBA. His game was all about winning, defense and team first. The most unselfish player I’ve ever watched.

The Nets fastbreak of Martin, Kidd and RJ was the most devastating rush since Magic’s Lakers.

I’ve never seen so many easy dunks from every angle possible en route to division titles.

*tear

Kidd’s genius will be on display when Harris blows by him like a bull going after a matador’s cape

kidd in his prime is better than harris in his prime. relationships are defined by the breakup, more or less.

Dave D failed to mention the most important part of that close-out game against the pistons.

With the nets holding about a 10-point lead in the 2nd half and less than 24 minutes away from reaching the nba finals, kidd suffered a badly sprained ankle and limped off the court.

The crowd held it’s breath for 15 or 20 minutes while kidd received treatment from the trainer and the pistons narrowed the gap.

Suddenly, kidd limped off the bench and re-entered the game. As the crowd gave him a standing ovation, he stepped up big once again … hitting clutch shots, grabbing big rebounds and making great passes as the nets regained their big lead.

Kidd received another standing ovation when he went to the free throw line in the final seconds of the game with the nets up big and about to return to the nba finals for the 2nd straight year.

As the building shook with noise, kidd paused, looked at the cheering crowd, flashed a big grin and then blew some kisses towards his wife and son before taking his 2 free throws. It was the best moment of the season, possibly the best moment of the entire kidd era.
  
P.S. … Even though we had about 8 or 9 days off before the finals began, kidd did not fully recover from the ankle sprain and it clearly effected his performance, especially his defense on tony parker and speedy claxton.

Speedy, in particular, lit kidd up like a christmas tree, forcing byron to put kittles on him instead of kidd.

Kidd’s ankle sprain probably cost the nets their best shot at an nba championship.

> The Nets fastbreak of Martin, Kidd and RJ was the most devastating rush since Magic’s Lakers.

You forgot about Kittles :)

man i miss that team.

*our best chance of winning was the 03-04 playoffs when we were up against the detroit pistons going home up 3-2 and lost…and they became the eventual champs that year..