But isn't Kidd this
great floor general and PG? All I see is you giving excuses to a player whose reputation exceeds a role player's justification. If he makes teammates better, and plays to their strengths, why were they so poor offensively?
But one can blame him for them having an inefficient offense.
94/95 - playing next to McCloud and Jackson - ended up with the
15th ranked offense
95/96 - relatively the same personnel - finished with the
19th ranked offense.
96/97 DAL - he only played 22 games - finished with the
28th ranked offense
96/97 PHO - he only played 33 games (started only 22), KJ was the one leading the team that season and they had the
6th ranked offense.
97/98 - Kidd took over starting duties, with relatively the same personnel and they ended with the
12th ranked offense (Nash had superior on-court points production than Kidd - propping up the points per 100 possessions - however, keep in mind it was mostly against second units)
98/99 - lockout season, 50 games, few extra changes to the personnel and they end up with the
4th ranked offense - no coincidence it was statistically Kidd's best shooting season.
99/00 - few extra personnel changes, most notably Penny, and they had the
12th ranked offense
00/01 - Penny was injured for pretty much the entire season, and they had the
22nd ranked offense
2001/02 Nets - 17th ranked offfense (Kidd averaged 37 minutes)
2002/03 Nets - 18th ranked offense (Kidd averaged 37 minutes)
2003/04 Nets - 25th ranked offense (Kidd averaged 36 minutes)
2004/05 Nets - 26th ranked offense (Kidd averaged 36 minutes)
2005/06 Nets - 25th ranked offense (Kidd averaged 37 minutes)
2006/07 Nets - 16th ranked offense (Kidd averaged 36 minutes)
2007/08 Nets - 25th ranked offense (Kidd averaged 36 minutes)
Across 14-15 seasons when Kidd was the leader of the team, he only orchestrated ONE top-10 offense. I can divide. That's one great offense every 14 season average and that's so....
at all of this dumb shyt.
