Jason Kidd spent 19 season in the NBA as a player, winning a championship in 2011 with the Dallas Mavericks. The 10-time NBA All-Star retired in 2013 and took a head coaching position with the Brooklyn Nets. In 2014 he took the reins of the Milwaukee Bucks.
Since 2019 Kidd has been serving as an assistant coach under Frank Vogel with the Los Angeles Lakers. Last year he won his first ring as a coach.
After being an elite player for many years, Kidd now shares his knowledge with the superstars of today. Two of them, LeBron James and Anthony Davis, are on the Lakers roster. Recently he shared his thoughts on coaching both of them. When talking of James, he stressed his basketball IQ and hungriness for winning.
“He’s a genius. His basketball IQ was off the charts,” Kidd said when asked what he learned from coaching James, per Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated. “His work ethic matches his genius. His appetite, he’s still hungry. To be doing it for this long and to be one of the best to ever do it, he comes to work with his appetite and he’s still hungry to win.”
Kidd also pointed at Davis’ talent as well as his personality. “So talented. Incredible person, on the floor and off the floor,” he said. “AD as an opponent, you know how talented he is, but now, to see him as a person, just incredible dude. Fun. He learned how to play golf, competes at golf. He’s a good young man.”
