DALLAS -- The NBA never had seen anything like what John Stockton did nearly a decade ago.
On March 26, 2002, the Utah star turned 40. There had been big men, namely Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Robert Parish, play effectively at that age, and Michael Jordan, then 39 and having moved to forward, averaged 20.0 points the next season at 40. But never had a point guard played so well past his 40th birthday.
Soon, it might happen again.
Dallas point guard Jason Kidd, who turns 38 on March 23, is starting to conjure up memories of Stockton. All Kidd did last season was make the All-Star Game just shy of his 37th birthday and average 9.1 assists. Even Stockton, who averaged 8.2 in the season he turned 40, never put up an average of nine or more assists in any season in which he was 36 or older.
Come back March 23, 2013, and Kidd might be the next point guard playing at a high level at 40.
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