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<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">When the Nets begin their annual Thanksgiving week trip to the West tonight in Seattle, they will be trying to avoid repeating history. Jason Kidd, on the other hand, will be trying to make it.
Kidd needs one more triple-double to tie Wilt Chamberlain for third on the all-time list with 78. While doing it would not guarantee the Nets a successful trip, it would certainly help. They have played like turkeys recently on the holiday jaunt, compiling an 8-16 record over the last five years.
It won't be easy, even if Kidd has a way of making it look so. He already has two triple-doubles this season and was two rebounds away from another. In his 13-year career, he has come within either one point, one rebound or one assist of a triple-double 45 times.
"He's unbelievable," Lawrence Frank said. "He does so many intangibles but this is the one tangible stat that can define how great he is."
Only three players are ahead of Kidd on the all-time career triple-doubles list - Chamberlain, Magic Johnson (138) and Oscar Robertson (181).
While most, including his coach, have marveled at Kidd's climb up the list, he says he has not tried to do anything other than "take what the defense gives you." As most players in the league can attest, that's easier said than done. Boston's Ryan Gomes has notched the NBA's only other triple-double this season.
"I'm just doing what I do," Kidd said. "I'm not trying to do anything different, just finding the open guy, helping the (big guys) rebound and occasionally shoot the ball, and the ball's been going in for me."
Kidd wasted no time getting his first triple-double this season, scoring 14 points with 10 rebounds and 10 assists in a win over the Raptors on opening night. On Nov. 12 in Washington, he did it again, scoring 15 points and grabbing 11 boards while dishing out an astounding 18 assists in an overtime win.
That one was particularly helpful for the Nets, who were playing without injured forward Richard Jefferson. On Wednesday against the Bucks, with Jefferson out again and Vince Carter slowed down by flu-like symptoms, Kidd did everything but record a triple-double. He had 25 points, 11 assists and eight boards and let at least two rebounds slip through his hands in the final minutes.
Frank has gotten used to such performances when Kidd's teammates are relying on him.
"I think he just has a great sense for what's needed," Frank said. "He's such as selfless guy." </div>
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Kidd needs one more triple-double to tie Wilt Chamberlain for third on the all-time list with 78. While doing it would not guarantee the Nets a successful trip, it would certainly help. They have played like turkeys recently on the holiday jaunt, compiling an 8-16 record over the last five years.
It won't be easy, even if Kidd has a way of making it look so. He already has two triple-doubles this season and was two rebounds away from another. In his 13-year career, he has come within either one point, one rebound or one assist of a triple-double 45 times.
"He's unbelievable," Lawrence Frank said. "He does so many intangibles but this is the one tangible stat that can define how great he is."
Only three players are ahead of Kidd on the all-time career triple-doubles list - Chamberlain, Magic Johnson (138) and Oscar Robertson (181).
While most, including his coach, have marveled at Kidd's climb up the list, he says he has not tried to do anything other than "take what the defense gives you." As most players in the league can attest, that's easier said than done. Boston's Ryan Gomes has notched the NBA's only other triple-double this season.
"I'm just doing what I do," Kidd said. "I'm not trying to do anything different, just finding the open guy, helping the (big guys) rebound and occasionally shoot the ball, and the ball's been going in for me."
Kidd wasted no time getting his first triple-double this season, scoring 14 points with 10 rebounds and 10 assists in a win over the Raptors on opening night. On Nov. 12 in Washington, he did it again, scoring 15 points and grabbing 11 boards while dishing out an astounding 18 assists in an overtime win.
That one was particularly helpful for the Nets, who were playing without injured forward Richard Jefferson. On Wednesday against the Bucks, with Jefferson out again and Vince Carter slowed down by flu-like symptoms, Kidd did everything but record a triple-double. He had 25 points, 11 assists and eight boards and let at least two rebounds slip through his hands in the final minutes.
Frank has gotten used to such performances when Kidd's teammates are relying on him.
"I think he just has a great sense for what's needed," Frank said. "He's such as selfless guy." </div>
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