Jason Kidd

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Born

March 23, 1973 · San Francisco, California, USA

Birth name

Jason Frederick Kidd

Jason Kidd is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Previously a point guard in the NBA, Kidd was a 10-time NBA All-Star, a five-time All-NBA First Team member, and a nine-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. He won an NBA Championship in 2011 as a member of the Dallas Mavericks, and was a two-time Olympic Gold Medal winner during his pro career, as part of Team USA in Sydney 2000: Games of the XXVII Olympiad (2000) and Beijing 2008: Games of the XXIX Olympiad (2008). He was inducted as a player into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.