When Jason Kidd was a kid growing up in Oakland, CA, he aspired to be like Magic Johnson.
After all, Johnson was a five-time NBA champion, 12-time All-Star, nine-time first-team all-NBA player, four-time assist leader, and even dappled in coaching a bit, finishing with a 5-11 record as the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers during the tail end of the 1993-’94 season.
Fast forward several years later, Kidd finished his illustrious career as a one-time NBA champion, a 10-time All-Star, five-time first-team all-NBA selection, five-time assist leader, and manufactured a 183-190 record coaching the Brooklyn Nets (2013-’14) and Milwaukee Bucks (2014-’18) for a combined four-and-a-half years.