Jason Kidd

Jason Frederick Kidd is an American basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association . Previously a point guard in the NBA, he was a tentime NBA AllStar, a fivetime AllNBA First Team member, and a ninetime NBA AllDefensive Team member.

Kidd was born in San Francisco, California, and raised in an upper middle class section of Oakland. His father, Steve, was AfricanAmerican, and his mother, Anne, is IrishAmerican. The oldest of six children, Kidd attended St. Paschal Baylon school in Highland Heights. As a youth, Kidd was highly scouted for AAU teams and tourneys, garnering various allstar and MVP awards. He frequented the city courts of Oakland, where he often found himself pitted against future NBA Hall of Famer Gary Payton. At St. Joseph Notre Dame High School in Alameda, under the guidance of coach Frank LaPorte, Kidd led the Pilots to consecutive state championships, averagingpoints,assists,rebounds andsteals his senior season. During that year, he also received a host of individual honors, including the Naismith Award as the nations top high school player, and was named Player of the Year by PARADE and USA Today. The alltime prep leader in assists and the states seventhhighest career scorer , Kidd

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