Jason Kidd stood in the darkness of the Philips Arena, silently watching as the Hawks raised the third championship banner of the Roger era.
Roger completely changed the city of Atlanta. Though the Hawks have a long history, they never had much presence on the NBA map.
But ever since Roger arrived, the Hawks have almost become the most prominent team.
Jason Kidd hopes he can achieve all this with the Nets.
His confidence is not baseless; this Nets team indeed has talent, it's just that Stephon Marbury as the leader was too lousy.
In Kidd's view, Marbury isn't even as good as Clown Emperor Jerry Stackhouse.
After all, neither could lead the team to victory, but at least Jerry Stackhouse could still rack up nearly 30 points, far surpassing Stephon Marbury's ceiling.
Marbury's playmaking ability? A point guard who can't lead his team to victory doesn't deserve to talk about playmaking ability, because he hasn't made the team any better.
