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Today's Star-Ledger:

Jason Kidd quietly passed another major milestone Tuesday at Cleveland. When the Nets' star grabbed two rebounds, that put him over 5,000 for his career, making him only the fourth player in history to accumulate 7,000 rebounds and 5,000 assists. And the other three are all Hall-of-Fame point guards.

PLAYER: ASSISTS AND REBOUNDS:

Magic Johnson: 10,141 and 6,559

Oscar Robertson: 7,804 and 9,987

Lenny Wilkens: 7,211 and 5,030

Jason Kidd: 7,209 and 5,001

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He is now No. 10 all time in assists, two shy of Lenny Wilkens for 9th place all-time. Also, he needs 3 steals to pass Mark Jackson and join the top 20 in that category. Both could happen in the first half tonight.

Was there actually a DEBATE here yesterday about Kidd being a first ballot Hall of Famer?

 

[KingofNewark]

Well the geniuses at Mike and the Mad Dog were debating if he retired now would he be 1st ballot HOF. I know without a doubt he is.

 

[NetsanityJoe]

amazing, just simply amazing. i've never seen a any guard, let alone a point guard be as good of a rebounder as jason is. if the nba had more players who took after jason the league would be better off and more competitive.

& yes he is a 1st ballot HOF'er w/o a doubt.

 

[Petey]

Today's Star-Ledger:

Jason Kidd quietly passed another major milestone Tuesday at Cleveland. When the Nets' star grabbed two rebounds, that put him over 5,000 for his career, making him only the fourth player in history to accumulate 7,000 rebounds and 5,000 assists. And the other three are all Hall-of-Fame point guards.

PLAYER: ASSISTS AND REBOUNDS:

Magic Johnson: 10,141 and 6,559

Oscar Robertson: 7,804 and 9,987

Lenny Wilkens: 7,211 and 5,030

Jason Kidd: 7,209 and 5,001

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He is now No. 10 all time in assists, two shy of Lenny Wilkens for 9th place all-time. Also, he needs 3 steals to pass Mark Jackson and join the top 20 in that category. Both could happen in the first half tonight.

Was there actually a DEBATE here yesterday about Kidd being a first ballot Hall of Famer?

That is what I said, without a doubt, he's a 1st ballot HOFer.

-Petey

 

[cpawfan]

amazing, just simply amazing. i've never seen a any guard, let alone a point guard be as good of a rebounder as jason is. if the nba had more players who took after jason the league would be better off and more competitive.

& yes he is a 1st ballot HOF'er w/o a doubt.

Ummm, the Big O was a better rebounder and played the point as well as off guard.

 

[Netted]

amazing, just simply amazing. i've never seen a any guard, let alone a point guard be as good of a rebounder as jason is. if the nba had more players who took after jason the league would be better off and more competitive.

& yes he is a 1st ballot HOF'er w/o a doubt.

Jason getting rebounds is a product of the offense. He is a runner and teams design concepts around him to get the ball and go. He is still very good at getting to it, but that is why the bigs don't get as many boards. They are doing a lot of blocking out to let Jkidd get it and.

The Nets biggest problem is when other teams fill the lanes before the guards and we are basically blocking out for the other team to get the offensive rebound. That is when they need to adjust and the bigs need to step up and get the board.

And he should be a 1st ballot HOFer. Will that happen? Who knows with that crazy system.

 

[Petey]

Jason getting rebounds is a product of the offense. He is a runner and teams design concepts around him to get the ball and go. He is still very good at getting to it, but that is why the bigs don't get as many boards. They are doing a lot of blocking out to let Jkidd get it and.

So then Marion is just a super beast? Cause as a SF, playing with Kidd I recall he had double digit averages in boards.

-Petey

 

[Mogriffjr]

Jason getting rebounds is a product of the offense. He is a runner and teams design concepts around him to get the ball and go. He is still very good at getting to it, but that is why the bigs don't get as many boards. They are doing a lot of blocking out to let Jkidd get it and.

The Nets biggest problem is when other teams fill the lanes before the guards and we are basically blocking out for the other team to get the offensive rebound. That is when they need to adjust and the bigs need to step up and get the board.

And he should be a 1st ballot HOFer. Will that happen? Who knows with that crazy system.

I don't think that's so. Either the bigs get the board and IMMEDIATELY pass it out to Kidd, or he gets the ball himself and goes. Kidd attacks the glass because he's decent sized enough to do so and plus he knows when he gets it, everyone better be on their guard to go.

 

[Sánchez AF]

A lock HOF.

 

[Krstic All-Star]

Ummm, the Big O was a better rebounder and played the point as well as off guard.

Yep, and does anyone remember Fat Lever? Another 6'3ish guy who used to grab boards with the best of them.

 

[Aurelino]

I am going to put some info re. Kidd's triple-doubles that I recently came across.

Year-by-year progression

Season TDs
94-95: 4*
95-96 : 9 (League Leader G Hill:10)
96-97 : 2 (LL: G Hill: 13)
97-98 : 4 (LL G Hill: 5)
98-99 : 7*
99-00 : 5*
00-01 : 7*
01-02 : 8*
02-03 : 5 (LL KG: 6)
03-04 : 9*
04-05 : 7*

*League leader in this category.