Found April 05, 2009 on Strange Transmissions: Yardbarker Blogger Network
I just woke up.

Went through my usual routine--checking the box scores and saw that the Mavs-Suns game was done.

My first thought.

Jose Juan Barea is going to start. He lives for these Suns games.

And he did.

But what I didn't expect was for Jason Kidd to get a career milestone as well as a number of assist records in their 140-116 rout of the Phoenix Suns.

Kidd (currently with 10,148 assists) passed Los Angeles Lakers legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson (10,141) with a pass to Josh Howard with about a minute left before the half.

By the time second quarter ended, J-Kidd had also set a Dallas Mavericks record as well as a league record for first-half assists with 16.

Josh Howard has got to be loving this right now. His name is "unofficially" in the record books as well having been the recipient of the Kidd assists to pass Oscar "The Big O" Robertson and Earvin "Magic" Johnson.

J-Kidd now needs 187 assists to pass NBA analyst Mark Jackson for 2nd place on the career list. Baring any injuries (or retirement), Jason Kidd should chalk that down early next season.

Utah Jazz point guard John Stockton is the all-time leader with 15,806 assists.

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  • UNC23Tarheels
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    If Dallas Keeps Jason Kidd for nextseason and he is healthy,I could see him passing or be close to passing John Stockton..
    • tedi31
      I'm with you on that. As much as I want Kidd to be the all-time leader....Stockton's 5,000 assist lead may be a bit too much to overcome. Thanks for the comment!
      • UNC23Tarheels
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        Jason Kidd is what 34 or 35 now? if he averaged a 1000 assist over 5yrs he would be 39 or 40 yrs old yeah,I don't see him breaking John Stockton's record but he is gonna pass Mark Jackson..
        • tedi31
          Its going to happen. I give him about 10 games into next season to pass Jackson...
        • UNC23Tarheels
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          True but here's the question is he gonna be in Dallas next year?
        • tedi31
          Good question! Only J-Kidd and the Mavs brain trust knows for sure. But can you imagine Kidd taking a pay cut and heading to Cleveland to play with LeBron. That would certainly help those assist numbers. Not in the vicinity of 14.5 per game (ala Stockton) but high, high numbers....
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