Jason Kidd
- Born
- 23 March 1973 (age 53)
- Place of birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Birth name
- Jason Frederick Kidd
- Height
- 193 cm
- Known for
- Actor
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.
