Jason Kidd - the best player of the "Dallas Mavericks"

Kidd Jason is an American basketball player who played for the Dallas Mavericks team. In this club, he was selected in the 1994 draft. Two times became Olympic champion (2000, 2008) and three times champion of the USA (1999, 2003, 2007). In this article you will be presented with a brief biography of the athlete.

Childhood

Jason Kidd was born in San Francisco (USA) in 1973. His father was African American, and his mother - a descendant of Irish emigrants. His boy spent his childhood in Oakland. He knew all the basketball courts in the district and played there all his free time. Also the boy was fond of football.

Head coach of the school basketball team Frank Laporte helped Kidd develop his talent. On average for the game, Jason made 7 interceptions, 7 rebounds, 10 assists and scored about 25 points. The boy brought the school team to the championship titles. Kidd was honored with a lot of honors and awards, and the magazines "UEsEy Tudey" and "Parade" named him a player of the year among schoolchildren.

University of California

The young man received a lot of proposals from various educational institutions of the country. But Jason decided not to leave anywhere and entered the University of California. The young man wanted his parents and friends to go to his games.

After the first season at the University, Jason Kidd made a 3.8 interception for the match, 7.7 transfers and scored an average of about 13 points. He also set an NCAA record for the number of programs (222) and interceptions (110) per season. A year later the basketball player broke his record. Now the number of transfers has increased to 272.

Career in the NBA

In mid-1994, the Dallas Mavericks team chose Kidd in the draft. Basketball was given the second number. Before Jason, only Glenn Robinson from Purdue University was chosen. The draft was organized by the Milwaukee Bucks club. In the first season, Kidd scored 11.7 points per match, and also made 7.7 transfers and 5.4 rebounds. Over the next ten years, Jason significantly increased statistics and managed to play in two teams, "New Jersey Nets" and "Phoenix Suns".

Return to Dallas

In early 2008, Kidd returned to the Dallas Mavericks. In July 2009, the sportsman signed a 25-million contract for three years. The club "New York Knicks" also offered him beneficial cooperation, but, like many years ago, Kidd decided to play at home. In the 2009/2010 season, Jason scored 10.3 points for the match and made 9.1 assists and 5.6 rebounds. "Mavericks" managed to become champions of the division, but in the first stage of the playoffs they were defeated by "Spurs" - 4: 2.

In the 2010/2011 season, Kidd's statistics fell slightly - 7.9 points, 8.2 transfers, 4.4 rebounds. In November 2010, Jason made an 11-thousandth transfer in his own career, and the "Mavericks" won 57 wins. After the completion of his career in 2013, the former basketball player is engaged in coaching.

Performance for the national team

For the first time, Jason Kidd played for the national team at the University of California immediately after the end of the first season. He was the only newcomer to be invited to the team. Of the five matches held in Europe, the national team won three. Jason led the number of interceptions (1.4) per match, as well as the number of transfers (4.0). Kidd also scored 8.4 points for the match and made 4.2 rebounds.

In 1999, Jason won a qualifying tournament for the Olympics. His team won in all ten matches. A year later the young man was appointed one of the three captains of the team. Again, the team won all eight matches, winning gold medals. The next olympiad basketball player was forced to miss because of injury. But in 2008 he again won gold for his country. 56: 0 - this is the result of the athlete's performance for the national team.

Personal life

In early 2001, Jason Kidd was arrested for attacking his wife Jomana. The punishment provided for them to attend half-year courses on anger management. After the end of the term, Kidd continued to walk on them on his own initiative. Six years later, Jason filed for divorce, calling his wife "too heartless." The statement of the basketball player indicated that Jomena is obsessed with family violence, paranoia and jealousy. The spouse filed a counterclaim, where she accused Kidd of regular beatings, and harming her health (hearing loss and broken rib). At the time of the divorce, the couple already had three children: twins Jazel and Mia, and also son Trey.

In September 2011 on the site of the basketball player a message appeared about his imminent wedding at Porsche Coleman. The girl is an old friend of the athlete.