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.