Jason Kidd

Kidd is the NBA all-time assists leader with 12,091 career assists — a record that will stand for decades given the evolution of the modern game.

He was drafted second overall by Dallas in 1994, left in a trade, and returned 14 years later to win a championship with the team that first believed in him — one of the most complete circles in franchise history.

As current head coach of the Mavericks, Kidd has served the franchise in three distinct roles: as a 21-year-old drafted star, as a 38-year-old championship contributor, and now as the coach guiding the franchise's next great chapter.

Kidd and Grant Hill shared the 1995 Rookie of the Year Award in only the second co-winner situation in NBA history — a moment that captured the excitement of that extraordinary draft class.