“Kidd can defend the best wing player at the end of the game, make the big pass, get the big rebound. That takes the pressure off the players.”
Rod Thorn
“If you talk to our three best players - Kidd, Carter and [Richard] Jefferson - they all think we have a good team,”
“They got J-Kidd. He's not going to let the game just slip away. We dug ourselves a hole that we couldn't get out of.”
Kenyon Martin
“Obviously, they've got Jason Kidd, who opens up the court so much, Vince Carter on one wing and Richard Jefferson on the other wing. That's a tough task. We've got to play great team defense, learn from each other and see what happens after that.”
Jermaine O'Neal
“(Assistant coach Johnny Kidd) put the keys to the game on the board before the game, which is important. But I said, 'You've got to remember, 90 percent of your brain has got to be filled with heart and desire.' You've got to respect the basketball and do the technical things, but you've got to play with a lot of heart.”
Dave Bike
“Richard Jefferson is going to be more involved in Game 2. We know that Jason Kidd is going to be more involved from a scoring standpoint in terms of his aggressiveness. Carter, you can talk about his bad shooting, but he still had 31 points. He missed a lot of point-blank shots he normally makes. They're going to be more balanced in their attack.”
Rick Carlisle
“Kidd, turn off the light to spare my blushes.”
Henry James
