In the wake of Chris Paul 's retirement announcement from the LA Clippers, Jason Kidd offered a heartfelt tribute to one of basketball's most cerebral floor generals. Speaking with ClutchPoints just hours before the Dallas Mavericks got dealt a low blow by Ja Morant's trash-talking Memphis Grizzlies , Kidd’s reflections underscore what the NBA loses when one of its last great floor generals exits. The league will replace Paul’s assists, scoring, and jersey sales. It will never replace the decades of equity earned in reading every inch of hardwood real estate or the imprint left on the position itself.

For Kidd, a Hall of Fame point guard who helped define the modern position, the news hit on multiple levels: as a peer, as a coach, and as someone who understands how few players tru

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