demens

I agree to an extent. People have come to overrate Kidd in alot of very important areas of the game, and while he has kept up his near triple double averages as he got older, he's gotten much worst in other areas.

There is no doubt that his desire and overall effort wasn't 100%, but aside from that, he just isn't as good as people make him out to be. I always hated when people would go on and on about how he impacts the game without scoring. part of that was because he was a great to solid defender, at this point in his career he really is a liability on defense.

another point is his crunch time play, something thats getting attention today after dallas vs SA game. people, open your eyes, this guy is not your savior in crunch time. his decision making has gotten so much worst, and his complete lack of scoring ability was always a huge obstacle for him to be a great crunch time player.

you'd have to account that along with Kidd nets also got rid of alot of useless players in Collins, Wright and Allen, so this team isn't just better because Kidd is gone, but because they are gone too, but overall, i really agree that the Nets are a better team today then they were a month ago. doesn't make them a good play-off team just yet, but better then they were.