Jason Kidd has nightmares about not joining Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs in 2003.
As we all know, Jason Kidd had a great NBA career that lasted 19 seasons. The future Hall of Fame point guard was a perennial All-Star and one of the best point guards of his generation.
As great as his career was, Kidd still expresses regret over not getting the chance to play with fellow future Hall of Famer, Tim Duncan, who announced his retirement on Monday.
A Duncan-Kidd marriage would have been a dynamic duo that could have dominated the NBA and given Kidd a chance to win multiple championships.
After losing to the Spurs in six games during the 2003 Finals, Kidd took a very hard look at joining the Spurs as a free agent. The Spurs had a promising talent in Tony Parker running the point, but it was a marriage Spurs head coach Greg Popovich tried to arrange, according to CBS Sports.
"“I thought that Jason Kidd being there,” Popovich said, “being the mentally tough person that he is and with his skills, that would be the greatest education for Tony Parker. And Tony can go play 2. Let him play the 2 position. He was a scoring guard at the time, anyway. Not a great shooter, but we could figure it out and let Jason be the point. As Jason gets older, let him move over to 2, let Tony take 1. Brilliant, brilliant. This is great. Let’s go get this thing done. Tony did not love that idea at all, but we still tried to do it.”"
Kidd decided to return to the Nets on a six-year $103 million and eventually did win that elusive championship with the Dallas Mavericks in 2011.
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