I say there are 5 that are unarguably better than Kidd:
Magic - No explanation necessary ("NEN")
Big O - Yes he came from a less talented era (which the the same reason I drop Russel out of the top center discussion because he would get rapped by the bigger centers like Shaq, Wilt, Robinson, Hakeem), but the Big O was huge at 6-5 and would have dominated in any era.
Stockton - All-time assist leader, lifetime 170 club member (means high percentage shooter from 3pt line, all over the court and free throw) and all time steal leader.
Isiah Thomas - Great floor leader and transformed the PG position to scoring spot, although he was still a great distributor.
Gary Payton - Best defensive PG of all time, he could all set up his teammates and score when they needed him to.
Then you have the oldies, who many put ahead of him, but I think their success had more to do with a smaller, less athletic and slower league:
Walt Frazier, Bob Cousy, Lenny Wilkens
Then you have who I think Kidd definitely out shined:
Steve Nash and Tiny Archibald.
My Top 10:
Magic
Stockton
Big O
Thomas
Payton
Kidd
Nash
Frazier
Archibald
Wilkens
Magic - No explanation necessary ("NEN")
Big O - Yes he came from a less talented era (which the the same reason I drop Russel out of the top center discussion because he would get rapped by the bigger centers like Shaq, Wilt, Robinson, Hakeem), but the Big O was huge at 6-5 and would have dominated in any era.
Stockton - All-time assist leader, lifetime 170 club member (means high percentage shooter from 3pt line, all over the court and free throw) and all time steal leader.
Isiah Thomas - Great floor leader and transformed the PG position to scoring spot, although he was still a great distributor.
Gary Payton - Best defensive PG of all time, he could all set up his teammates and score when they needed him to.
Then you have the oldies, who many put ahead of him, but I think their success had more to do with a smaller, less athletic and slower league:
Walt Frazier, Bob Cousy, Lenny Wilkens
Then you have who I think Kidd definitely out shined:
Steve Nash and Tiny Archibald.
My Top 10:
Magic
Stockton
Big O
Thomas
Payton
Kidd
Nash
Frazier
Archibald
Wilkens