Kidd receives ultimate honor from Nets
Brooklyn's head coach to have his No. 5 raised to rafters on Oct. 17
Jason Kidd, the greatest player in New Jersey Nets history and Brooklyn’s newly hired first-year coach, will receive the ultimate honor next month when our borough’s NBA franchise raises his No. 5 to the rafters of the Barclays Center.
“This is a very humbling honor and one that I will always cherish,” gushed Kidd, who spearheaded the then-New Jersey Nets to their only two NBA Finals appearances in 2002 and 2003.
The Nets, entering their second full season in Brooklyn, will hold a special pregame ceremony for Kidd’s jersey retirement in advance of their Oct. 17 exhibition contest against the two-time defending world champion Miami Heat on the corners of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues. The game will be nationally televised on TNT and locally on the Nets’ YES Network.
Kidd, who was hired this offseason to help the Nets reach their ultimate goal of capturing their first NBA crown after a surefire 19-year Hall of Fame career on the hardwood, will become just the sixth player in franchise history to have his number retired.