[Introduction] The preseason match between the Brooklyn Nets and the defending champion Miami Heat begins.
It is also the current Nets coach Kidd who is retiring his jersey.
On October 18, , according to local media in Brooklyn, the Nets will start the preseason with the defending champion Heat visiting. The club will hold a jersey retirement ceremony for the current coach and former ace player Jason Kidd
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The Nets originally intended to place this activity in the opening game of the regular season, but Kidd himself has publicly stated that he hopes the team can arrange the jersey retirement ceremony in the preseason, so as to avoid the team’s distraction.
Focus, don’t change the Nets’ goals for the new season because of other things.
In addition, Kidd has been suspended by the league for drunk driving, and he will not be able to attend the first two games of the regular season of the Nets. Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, the club finally decided to retire the jersey in today’s game.
Kidd’s No. 5 jersey will join Wendell Lardner (No. 4), Bill Melchioni (No. 25), Julius Erving (No. 32), John Williamson (No. 23)
, Drazen Petrovic (No. 3) and Buck Williams (No. 52), the sixth jersey retired by the Nets.
At the beginning, the Nets led by Jason Kidd were known as the defending kings. Kidd played for the Nets for about 6 seasons in total. In these six years, he has played a winning rate of more than 50% and successfully entered the playoffs.
Game, thus creating the history of the team.
It’s a pity that he led the team to the finals twice, and both ended in failure. They lost to the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Lakers respectively. Kidd didn’t win the only championship in his career until he played for the Dallas Mavericks in the 10th season.
Kidd has maintained many records in the history of the Nets. For example, his number of assists is the first in the history of the Nets, with 4620 times far ahead, and the total points are also ranked fourth in the team.