Unlike baseball hall of famers, inductees to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame aren't enshrined representing a specific pro team.
This largely is because the Naismith Hall encompasses all levels of basketball, so careers are assessed on body of work.
Jason Kidd, however, assures us that when he is enshrined Friday night as part of the Naismith Hall's 13-member Class of 2018, for all intents he will go in as a Dallas Maverick.
That alone makes Friday's ceremony in Springfield, Mass. a watershed moment in the Dallas franchise's 38-year history, but wait, Mavericks fans, there's more.