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526 Idol Kidd

If others are asked to see, Xiao Han will be unfavorable. After playing against the Pistons, the team's next opponent is the New Jersey Nets. The two best point guards in the East actually made him catch up within three days, because the game date is November 7, Beijing time, and it is still away.

If you only admire Xiao Han, you will completely admire Kidd. With so many NBA stars currently serving, Kidd is the only player who is regarded as an idol by Xiao Han and the only player he really wants to meet.

In the post-Jordan era, Kidd was one of the few players who could be called great, and his legend began long before he entered the NBA.

I forgot that it was Jordan’s basketball training camp that summer. Among the many talented young players, Jordan only valued Kidd, who was not very good in physical condition, and said that he would shine in the NBA in the future. Facts proved that Jordan was not wrong, and this incident was talked about by people as the only time that "His Majesty of the Flying Man" knew gold with keen eyes. Jordan’s poor eyes when choosing young players were as well known to the world as his skills.

Kidd was selected by the Mavericks in the first round of the 1994 draft. After the season, he shared the NBA Rookie of the Year with Grant Hill. Two years later, he was sent away because of his potential with another star player in the team, Jim Jackson, who was ranked fourth in the first round in 1992 - yes, Yao Ming's former teammate - had conflicts outside the court. Jackson went to the Nets, and Kidd went to the Suns.

It should be said that Kidd was excellent in his personal performance in several seasons with the Suns, with averaging double-digit points per game. In two seasons, he scored nearly 17 points and had at least 9 assists per game. In two of them, he scored more than ten times. However, because the team's record did not meet the management's expectations, Kidd did not escape the fate of no trades.

In 2001, the Suns exchanged Kidd for the Nets' Stephen Marbury. Although they were reluctant, Kidd had no other way except obedience. Who would have thought that this transaction helped him usher in the golden age of his career.

Kidd should have been twenty-eight years old that year, and was in the golden period of his personal competitive state. His arrival made the former slim fish transformed the season, achieving a surprising 52 wins and 30 losses. This also made the Nets one of the largest teams in NBA history with the team's performance changes in two years. Kidd himself ranked second after Tim Duncan in the NBA Most Valuable Player Selection that year.

With the help of freshmen Kenyon Martin and Richard Jefferson, Kidd brought the team to the Eastern Conference championship for two consecutive years. Unfortunately, the memories of these two finals were extremely bitter to him. In the first year, he caught up with the Los Angeles Lakers who stood at the tail of three consecutive championships, and was swept away. In the second year, he met the most successful team in the new century, the San Antonio Spurs. After six games, Kidd and his team still lost helplessly.

Although there is no championship, in New Jersey, Kidd explained to the world what it means to carry a team by one person. He made this team into the best team in the East by himself, and also packaged two little brothers with little skills as first-line stars in the league. It is this kind of ability to change teammates and make teammates burst out with strength beyond themselves, making Kidd achieve his own legend.

What kind of guy Kenyon Martin is probably known to many people. Although he was selected by the Nets as the No. 1 pick, when Martin's ability is really unfair, to be honest, if it weren't for the Nets' trading Kidd, then the title of "Square-Grade No. 1 pick" in history should not be Kwame Brown's turn. In addition to his strong physique and speed, Martin can be said to be useless. His defense is tough, but in one's average, his offensive means are single, his skills are rough, and his shooting is completely performing a circus. His main scoring method is strong slam dunk. After such a careful comparison, Kwame Brown is even better than him.

Kidd changed Martin because he did not force Martin to make progress, but adopted a pass method that Martin could easily adapt to. Soon, the young man's average score increased from a very average 12 points to a glamorous 16.7 points, and the score continued for two seasons.

This is the highest score in Martin's career. Otherwise, Martin would be stupid. As his status soared to the front line, he became a little fluttering, completely forgot how much he had. After failing to compete for the championship again, Martin chose to go away from Denver. What fate would he be waiting for next?

In the Nuggets' first season, Martin's data was unsatisfactory because he was the team's number one star, and he averaged 15 points per game. But who is George Carl? He quickly saw through Martin's essence. In the second season, Martin's score fell back to the level of his rookie season, and that's what he was like.

People were surprised to find that Martin, who was around Kidd, had made no progress in the past few years, and he only maintained the little crop style he had when he first entered the league. So everyone suddenly realized that it was Kidd who made this stupid man. Without Kidd, he would be nothing.

As one of the "three troikas" of the Nets, Jefferson, another little brother of Kidd, should be much better than Martin, because at least he seems to have the ability to create scoring opportunities himself. Then Jefferson will no longer rely on Kidd like Martin, right? Let's see the facts.

In the rookie season, Jefferson could only score an average of 9.4 points, but in the second season it jumped to 15.5 points, up more than 6 points. Then he joined the 20-point club at 18.5. It can be said that Jefferson suddenly became the most impressive small forward in the East, otherwise **Vic would not have brought him under his command. In short, Jefferson unknowingly became the number one scorer of the Nets, with fame and status above Martin.

However, no one expected that Jefferson's life experience was surprisingly consistent with Martin. With Kidd being traded, Jefferson also chose to leave. After a brilliant season (19.6 points) in the Bucks, Jefferson finally attracted the attention of the championship-level team. **Vic called him under his command, but unexpectedly, Jefferson's data began to decline. After three seasons, he actually returned to the level of his rookie season, with 9.2 points.

The matter about Jefferson is a later story. Not to mention it for now, just one Martin can see Kidd's ability to turn stones into gold, and this is exactly the realm that Xiao Han pursues.

Xiao Han admires Kidd so much, of course, it is not just because of his ability, but also because of many other things. There is no need to mention Kidd's easy-to-pass method, and his rebounding ability is also the object of Xiao Han's imitation.

That's right, it's not learning, but imitation. Xiao Han rarely imitates a player, and most of the time he is learning from him. However, he has really imitated Kidd's chance to grab rebounds since he was a child, especially on December 13 last year, Kidd led the team to win 105-92 in the game against the Memphis Grizzlies. He scored 12 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists, making his triple-double score of 79 games, surpassing Chamberlain, who jumped to the third place in the league history. Xiao Han even went to the court to do all Kid's rushing and snatching and blocking moves one by one.

It can be seen from this that Kidd's influence on Xiao Han is definitely incomparable to any other star. Even Jordan is slightly inferior, so Xiao Han has been looking forward to this game between the team and the Nets for a long time.

When the schedule was sent to Xiao Han for the first time, the first thing he looked for was the New Jersey Nets. When he found that his third opponent was the Nets, Xiao Han even added a big asterisk in front of the game to show his importance.
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