- Born
- Birth nameJason Frederick Kidd
- Height6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
- Jason Kidd is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Previously a point guard in the NBA, Kidd was a 10-time NBA All-Star, a five-time All-NBA First Team member, and a nine-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. He won an NBA Championship in 2011 as a member of the Dallas Mavericks, and was a two-time Olympic Gold Medal winner during his pro career, as part of Team USA in Sydney 2000: Games of the XXVII Olympiad (2000) and Beijing 2008: Games of the XXIX Olympiad (2008).
He was inducted as a player into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bazza the Beast
- SpousesPorshla Coleman(September 10, 2011 - present) (2 children)Joumana Kidd(February 21, 1997 - 2007) (divorced, 3 children)
- ChildrenJazelle M. KiddTrey J. KiddMiah M. Kidd
- ParentsSteve KiddAnne Kidd
- His father is African-American, his mother is Irish-American.
- Signed a six-year $99 million dollar contract to stay with the New Jersey Nets.
- Wife is an aspiring television reporter for NBA-TV in Secaucus, New Jersey. She was reported to be one of the finalists for the NFL Monday Night Football (1970) job, which eventually went to Lisa Guerrero.
- Children: Trey J. Kidd (b. October 12, 1998), twins Miah M. Kidd (b. September 26, 2002) and Jazelle M. Kidd (b. September 26, 2002).
- On July 15, 2012, Kidd was arrested by Southampton Town police in New York and charged with a misdemeanor of driving while intoxicated.
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