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TJ Kidd reflects on his dad’s Nets career ... and when he figured out he was a legend’s son

T.J. Kidd remembers when he figured out he was a basketball legend’s son.

“I probably realized when the kids in gym class were picking me first in basketball during elementary school,” joked Jason Kidd’s oldest son.

Trey Jason Kidd is now 21 years old, a long time removed from when his father led the Nets to two NBA finals in 2002 and 2003 and when he was three and four years old. Sitting courtside with his mother, Joumana, in those heady days, he was a fixture at Continental Airlines Arena, a fan favorite in own right, adorned in his child-sized No.