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Jason KiddAll-Star Guard, Dallas MavericksCareer Highlights:All-Star guard Jason Kidd of the Dallas Mavericks is considered to be one of the greatest playmakers in NBA history…His longevity (17 NBA seasons) is an asset as is his on-court versatility which makes him a regular triple-double threat every time he steps on the floor…A 10-time NBA All-Star, Kidd led the Dallas Mavericks to NBA Playoffs the past three seasons, including all the way to the NBA Finals in 2011…Kidd has led his teams to the post season for 15 straight years…Prior to rejoining the Mavericks in 2007, Kidd led New Jersey to the NBA Finals in both 2002 and 2003…A veteran of 17 NBA seasons, Kidd holds career averages of 13.2 points, 9.1 assists and 6.5 rebounds…Kidd is the only player in NBA history to record 15,000 points, 10,000 assists and 7,000 rebounds...He is also the only player to have a 700+ assist and 500+ rebound season seven times…Kidd also has posted more than 100 career triple-doubles…He has been named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team four times and the All-Defensive Second Team on five other occasions…In his career, has also been named to the All-NBA First Team five times (1999-2002 and 2004) and the All-NBA Second Team in 2003…Kidd was traded to the New Jersey Nets in July 2001 after four and a half seasons with the Phoenix Suns and three and a half years in Dallas…Kidd holds numerous New Jersey Nets franchise records including career three-pointers (729), career assists (4,090), assists in a season (808), steals (876), triple-doubles (49), and triple-doubles in a season (12 in 2006-07)…He became only the fourth player in NBA history to lead the league in assists three straight years (1998-2000)…Kidd participated in the 2008 Olympics where the team went undefeated in winning their first gold medal since the 2000 Olympics…Kidd has an impressive resume for USA Basketball with an undefeated record of 56-0 including exhibition games…He has brought home five gold medals including three from Olympic qualifying tournaments, one from the 2000 Sydney Olympics and one from the 2008 Beijing Olympics...He was named the USA Basketball 2007 Male Athlete of the Year…Named the 1994-95 co-Rookie of the Year (with Grant Hill), Kidd was also named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team…Kidd played two years at the University of California where he became the first sophomore to be named Pac-10 Player of the Year after averaging 16.7 points and 6.9 rebounds, while leading the nation with 9.1 assists per game…He was named a First-Team All-America…Kidd won the Naismith Award as the nation’s top high school player after his senior season at St. Joseph of Notre Dame (Alameda, CA)…He was also named Parade and USA Today High School Player of the Year. Kenny LoftonFormer MLB All-StarCareer Highlights: A veteran of 17 major league baseball seasons, Kenny Lofton is recognized as one of the premier lead-off hitters in the game…Lofton appeared in six consecutive All-Star games (1994-99) and won four straight Gold Glove honors (1993-96) while playing for the Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves…Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1988 Amateur Draft, Lofton played minor league baseball during the summer while completing his basketball eligibility at the University of Arizona…In college, he was the backup point guard to Craig McMillan and Steve Kerr on the Arizona Wildcats team that made it to the Final Four of the 1988 NCAA Tournament…He was the starting point guard the following year when Arizona made it to the Sweet 16…Lofton is one of only two men to play in a college basketball Final Four and a Major League Baseball World Series (along with Tim Stoddard)...He made his major league debut with the Houston Astros in September 1991 where he posted three hits and scored three runs against theCincinnati Reds…Traded to the Cleveland Indians during his rookie season, Lofton hit .285 and stole 66 bases establishing an all-time record for an American League rookie and the most by a Major League rookie since Vince Coleman’s 110 in 1985…Lofton finished second in the American League Rookie of the Year balloting…He played for 11 different teams throughout his career including Houston (1991), Cleveland (1992-96, 1998-2001, 2007), Atlanta (1997), Chicago White Sox (2002), San Francisco (2002), Pittsburgh (2003), Chicago Cubs (2003), New York Yankees (2004), Philadelphia (2005), Los Angeles Dodgers (2006), and Texas (2007)…Highlights of his career include five-time league leader in stolen bases, (1992-96), led league in hits (1994), led league in triples (1995) led league in at-bats (1996) and MLB record for post-season stolen bases (34)…Lofton finished his regular season career with 2,103 games played, 130 home runs, 781 RBIs, and a .299 batting average…In 95 post-season games, Lofton hit .247 with seven home runs and 34 RBIs. Greg MadduxFormer MLB All-Star PitcherCareer Highlights: One of the all-time major league greats, Greg Maddux played for 23 seasons and won more games during the 1990s than any other pitcher…A four-time Cy Young Award winner, Maddux was the first pitcher in major league history to win the honor for four consecutive years (1992-95), a feat matched only by Randy Johnson...During those four consecutive seasons, Maddux had a 75-29 record with a 1.98 ERA, while allowing less than one runner per inning…He is the only pitcher in MLB history to win at least 15 games for 17 straight seasons…Maddux also was awarded a record 18 Gold Gloves during his playing days…A superb control pitcher, Maddux is eighth on the all-time career win list with 355 – since the start of the post-1920 live ball era, only Warren Spahn (363) had more career wins than Maddux…He is one of only 10 pitchers ever to achieve both 300 wins and 3,000 strikeouts…Maddux was drafted in the second round of the 1984 Major League Draft by the Chicago Cubs, where he spent the first seven years of his career (1986-1992)…In 1988, he won 18 games, thus started his string of winning at least 15 wins a year for 17 consecutive seasons…Maddux won 20 games in 1992, tied for the National League lead and was voted his first Cy Young Award…Maddux became a free agent and signed with the Atlanta Braves where he debuted with a 20-10 record in 1993, collected his second Cy Young Award and led the National League in ERA for the first time (2.36)…In the strike-shortened 1994 season, Maddux posted an ERA of 1.56, the second lowest since Bob Gibson’s historic 1.12 in 1968 and followed that with a 19-2 season and a 1.63 ERA in 1995, the third-lowest ever…That season, the Braves went on to win the World Series title…Overall, from 1993-98, Maddux led the National League in ERA four times and was second the other two seasons…Maddux pitched together for over a decade with Tom Glavine and John Smoltz, forming one of the best pitching staffs in the history of the game…Maddux returned to the Cubs, followed by time with the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres and then back to the Dodgers….Maddux was chosen to the All-Star team eight times…He pitched in 13 Division Series contests, 17 League Championship games and five World Series games…Maddux posted a 3.27 ERA in 198 post-season innings, including an outstanding 2.09 ERA in 38.7 World Series innings….Since retirement in December 2008, Maddux joined the Chicago Cubs in 2010 as a Special Assistant to General Manager Jim Hendry. 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