Steve Nash or Jason Kidd, better player at their peak?

[joshdaboss]

2 MVPs to 0 answers that question pretty well.

[Monostradamus]

After witnessing his daddy belt his mommy over a french fry, I'm not sure Kidd's kid wants to play with Kidd.

As opposed to Nash's kids watching mommy Jason Richardson.

[21_Blessings]

Nash at his peak had 3 seasons where he averaged 11.4 APG, 10.5 APG, and 11.6 APG. Kid's best 3 year run in assists was 10.8 APG, 10.1 APG, and 9.8 APG. At his peak, Nash was the better playmaker. Kidd is the better one overall because of longevity, but Nash at his peak was better.

Kidd was a shut down perimeter defender at his peak (whereas Nash was a revolving door) while posting triple-dubs at Magic Johnson like rates.

I guess if you only care about one side of the basketball, which the Suns admittedly did, you can say Nash had a better peak.

[mingus]

Kidd.

Nash was/is a threat from anywhere on the court with the pass or shot. the most complete offensive player i've ever seen (never saw much of Jordan and wasn't around to see Bird so dont flame me). defensively, though, he is too bad, such a bad defender. if he was just decent defender i'd put him over Kidd.

Nash is more visually impressive player with his tough shot, crazy passes, etc, but in the playoff when game gets ugly Kidd is the player i'd rather have (not to say Nash doesnt perform well in playoffs however).

[Monostradamus]

(not to say Nash doesnt perform well in playoffs however).

He's had his moments but I remember him being almost solely responsible for 2 playoff losses to Sacramento because Mike Bibby abused him like a crusty rag.