[LClion4life]

Shooting is a pretty important part of the game, or at least it used to be. Let me put Kidd's poor shooting ability into perspective of those of you who think hitting 4 out of 10 shots is good enough to rate a top 5 rank.

Dennis Rodman, never known for having any offensive skills was a career 52 percent shooter.Walt Frazier was a great defensive point guard who shot 49 percent. Earl "The Pearl" Monroe, who was not known for taking easy shots hit 46 percent of his shots. 5'6" Spud Webb was a 45% career shooter.

Jason Kidd has been a horrible shooter throughout his career. The only reason that anybody would include him in the top 10 point guards of all time is that he excelled in other phases of the game.

You could just as easily argue that Steve Nash belongs in the top 5 because he has been outstanding in every part of his game but defense - but like shooting, defense is a pretty important part of basketball.

When you consider how many lay-ups a defensive ace like Kidd shoots over a career, his shooting percentage actually overstates Kidd's ability to hit shots.

You're crazy if you think Nash has just as good an argument as Kidd. I'd say Kidd is a solid #7 or #8 all-time PG.