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<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Jason Kidd distributes the ball everywhere, and Vince Carter makes shots from anywhere.
The dynamic backcourt of the New Jersey Nets has become the most exciting and versatile guard tandem in the NBA and the most statistically productive.
When it comes to adding the average points, rebounds and assists of the league's backcourts, Kidd and Carter are unparalleled with a total of 69.4 a game. They are the second-highest scoring guard tandem in the league, the leading rebounding tandem and the third-most prolific in terms of assists.
Only four other teams got to the 60 total: Steve Nash and Leandro Barbosa of the Phoenix Suns (61.8), Joe Johnson and Tyronn Lue of the Atlanta Hawks (60.2), Chauncey Billups and Richard Hamilton of the Detroit Pistons (60.2) and Michael Redd and Maurice Williams of the Milwaukee Bucks (60.0).
So dominant among backcourts are Kidd and Carter that they are the only duo in the top five in all three categories.
Kidd, who has two triple-doubles this season entering Monday's game at Seattle, is the only NBA player averaging at least 15 points, eight rebounds and eight assists. Carter is one of only three players (Johnson of Atlanta and Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics are the others) averaging at least 27 points and five rebounds and making at least two three-point shots a game.
"Over the course of time, history will tell how good they are," Nets coach Lawrence Frank says of Kidd and Carter. "But they're obviously two very special players."
Kidd who is shooting a career-high 45.5% from the field, collecting a career-high 8.2 rebounds and has his highest scoring average (15.4) since the 2003-04 season, says he isn't doing anything particularly different.
"I'm just doing what I do," he says. "I'm just finding the open guy, helping on the boards and occasionally shooting the ball, and it's been going in for me."
A look at the top backcourts in scoring, rebounding and assists:
Scoring Redd and Williams, Milwaukee, 43.8 points a game.
Shooting guard Redd is the league's second-leading scorer with a 31.0 average, and Williams is a reliable all-around point guard. In addition to his 13.5 points, he is the only other point guard besides Kidd averaging at least five rebounds (5.2) and five assists (5.9). Next best: Kidd (15.4) and Carter (27.6), 43.0; Johnson (28.0) and Lue (14.4), Atlanta, 42.4.
Rebounding Kidd and Carter, New Jersey, 14.0 rebounds a game.
Kidd is one of the great anti-cipators. He seems to know where rebounds are going and is a master at getting long rebounds. Though only 6-4, he is averaging 8.2 rebounds a game, and Carter hauls in 5.8 a game, most of them in traffic. The next best: Pierce (9.4) and Sebastian Telfair (1.8), Boston, 11.2; Tracy McGrady (5.9) and Rafer Alston (3.4), Houston Rockets, 9.3.
Assists Nash and Barbosa, Phoenix, 16.8 assists a game.
Nash leads the league with 10.9 a game, and Barbosa, who is more of a point guard than a shooting guard by nature, is getting 5.9 a game and is also the Suns' leading scorer with a 19.9 average. The others: Deron Williams (9.0) and Derek Fisher (3.5), Utah Jazz, 12.5; Kidd (8.6) and Carter (3.8), 12.4.</div>
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Kidd and Carter the top duo.
The dynamic backcourt of the New Jersey Nets has become the most exciting and versatile guard tandem in the NBA and the most statistically productive.
When it comes to adding the average points, rebounds and assists of the league's backcourts, Kidd and Carter are unparalleled with a total of 69.4 a game. They are the second-highest scoring guard tandem in the league, the leading rebounding tandem and the third-most prolific in terms of assists.
Only four other teams got to the 60 total: Steve Nash and Leandro Barbosa of the Phoenix Suns (61.8), Joe Johnson and Tyronn Lue of the Atlanta Hawks (60.2), Chauncey Billups and Richard Hamilton of the Detroit Pistons (60.2) and Michael Redd and Maurice Williams of the Milwaukee Bucks (60.0).
So dominant among backcourts are Kidd and Carter that they are the only duo in the top five in all three categories.
Kidd, who has two triple-doubles this season entering Monday's game at Seattle, is the only NBA player averaging at least 15 points, eight rebounds and eight assists. Carter is one of only three players (Johnson of Atlanta and Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics are the others) averaging at least 27 points and five rebounds and making at least two three-point shots a game.
"Over the course of time, history will tell how good they are," Nets coach Lawrence Frank says of Kidd and Carter. "But they're obviously two very special players."
Kidd who is shooting a career-high 45.5% from the field, collecting a career-high 8.2 rebounds and has his highest scoring average (15.4) since the 2003-04 season, says he isn't doing anything particularly different.
"I'm just doing what I do," he says. "I'm just finding the open guy, helping on the boards and occasionally shooting the ball, and it's been going in for me."
A look at the top backcourts in scoring, rebounding and assists:
Scoring Redd and Williams, Milwaukee, 43.8 points a game.
Shooting guard Redd is the league's second-leading scorer with a 31.0 average, and Williams is a reliable all-around point guard. In addition to his 13.5 points, he is the only other point guard besides Kidd averaging at least five rebounds (5.2) and five assists (5.9). Next best: Kidd (15.4) and Carter (27.6), 43.0; Johnson (28.0) and Lue (14.4), Atlanta, 42.4.
Rebounding Kidd and Carter, New Jersey, 14.0 rebounds a game.
Kidd is one of the great anti-cipators. He seems to know where rebounds are going and is a master at getting long rebounds. Though only 6-4, he is averaging 8.2 rebounds a game, and Carter hauls in 5.8 a game, most of them in traffic. The next best: Pierce (9.4) and Sebastian Telfair (1.8), Boston, 11.2; Tracy McGrady (5.9) and Rafer Alston (3.4), Houston Rockets, 9.3.
Assists Nash and Barbosa, Phoenix, 16.8 assists a game.
Nash leads the league with 10.9 a game, and Barbosa, who is more of a point guard than a shooting guard by nature, is getting 5.9 a game and is also the Suns' leading scorer with a 19.9 average. The others: Deron Williams (9.0) and Derek Fisher (3.5), Utah Jazz, 12.5; Kidd (8.6) and Carter (3.8), 12.4.</div>
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Kidd and Carter the top duo.
