Kidd’s season comes to an end: Fittingly, Mavericks guard Jason Kidd flirted with a triple-double in his final game of the season on Saturday against Oklahoma City, scoring 16 points, with eight assists and seven rebounds during a 103-97 loss in Game 4 that sent the Mavericks packing. Kidd, 39, will become a free agent in the offseason, and the Mavericks are likely not going to bring him back for a sixth season. (Updated 05/07/2012)
Injury Report
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Fantasy Analysis
The Mavericks are looking to add a superstar this offseason, so there may not be room for Kidd, especially after he missed 18 games this season and post career lows across the board. He has said he plans on coming back for at least one more season, so it will be interesting to see what kind of offers the veteran gets, coming off a season in which he averaged 6.2 points and 5.5 assists in 28.7 minutes per game. He can still dish the ball, and he has emerged as a solid defender and three-point shooter late in his career, however he will likely have trouble finding a place where he will be able to best those numbers, so he should only be taken with a late-round selection on Draft Day. (Updated 05/07/2012).
05/05/2012 22:32 Harden huge as Thunder sweep Mavs
James Harden scored 15 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter as Oklahoma City rallied for a 103-97 victory Saturday night to sweep the defending NBA champion Dallas Mavericks out of the playoffs.
04/29/2012 00:30 Durant hits late shot as Thunder stun Mavericks for Game 1 win
Kevin Durant scored 25 points and hit the game-winning jumper from the foul line with 1.5 seconds left to lift the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 99-98 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.
Jason Kidd is entering his 18th NBA season and he still remains among the elite guard options in Fantasy. The reason? Kidd has averaged at least eight assists per game each of the last 16 years, a quality that catapults his value in Rotisserie formats and also in standard-scoring Head-to-Head leagues that reward assists with two points. Kidd has averaged below 10 points per game in three of the last five seasons and he may not even equal the 7.9 points per game he managed last season at this point in his career, but Kidd remains capable of producing across the stat line, being a plus producer in dimes, steals and 3-point shooting. While a continued general decline should be expected we do not anticipate Kidd dropping from the ranks of the top-20 guards in Fantasy hoops. He remains a top-50 draft pick in any league, who may still be selected within the first two rounds in category play. (Updated 8/28/11)
