Is Kidd taking Nets to finals greatest Floor Raising by PG

[SpreeS]

2002 Top teams

50W DET Wallace/C.Robinson/M.Curry/Stackhouse/Atkins
49W BOS Battie/Walker/E.Williams/Pierce/K.Anderson
44W ORL Grant/Garrity/M.Miller/McGrady/Amstrong
44W CHA Campbell/PJ.Brown/Mashburn/Wesley/Davis

2003 TOP teams

50W DET Wallace/C.Robinson/M.Curry/Rip/Billups
48W PHI Coleman/VanHorn/K.Thomas/Snow/Iverson
48W IND Miller/O'Neal/Artest/Miller/Tinsley
47W CHA McGloire/PJ.Brown/Mashburn/Wesley/Davis

You need to understand that one of these teams must play in the Finals. So it was Kidd team. Good for him.

[Magneto89]

Very impressive run by Kidd

There were a lot of times he had to take over offensively so he didn't have a lot of help on those squads, the run in 2003 was especially great since they swept both the Celtics & Pistons (who had the best record in the East that year)

[migya]

Very impressive run by Kidd

There were a lot of times he had to take over offensively so he didn't have a lot of help on those squads, the run in 2003 was especially great since they swept both the Celtics & Pistons (who had the best record in the East that year)

Yea he lifted those teams and got a average players to play well. His defense and playmaking are among the best alltime.

[MaxZaslofskyJr]

The idea that Kidd took the same team as the year before and was totally responsible for their turnaround is preposterous!

At Guard: Kerry Kittles came back.
At Forward: Van Horn and Martin were on the floor for a total of 35 to 40 more games. Martin was more developed. Richard Jefferson joined the team.
At Center: Well, still not much but better than the year before nonetheless. They added Todd MacCulloch and, triple-zero Jason Collins.

The Nets improved 26 games. I'd contend that, at the very least, the above factors accounted for half the improvement. Possibly more. Kidd added a lot. More than any single factor but not all of them. In any case, it was NOT the prior year's team that he joined... not by a long shot!

It made a great narrative at the time tho' for people who hadn't been closely following the team back then. (and there were not many of us!)