Jason Kidd reveals key weakness that keeps him out of 'GOAT conversation'

These days, Jason Kidd is the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks.

Beginning with Dallas in the 2021-22 season, Kidd has already racked up two Western Conference Finals appearances and an NBA Finals appearance all while turning into one of the league's better coaches in front of everyone's eyes.

Mavs fans are as confident as ever in Kidd's ability to lead the team moving forward, but some fans forget that Kidd was one of the greatest point guards to ever play the game.

Jason Kidd says his shooting held him back as a player

Kidd was drafted with the No. 2 overall pick in the 1994 NBA Draft and ended his career as an NBA Champion, a Hall of Famer, and a member of the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team. While Kidd is known as one of the best guards to ever play the game, recently he revealed what kept him from being in the "GOAT conversation."

Kidd was at the Nike Academy this week, and when asked by one of the campers about one thing that he could have done better while in the NBA, he said that it would be his shooting. Kidd said that he impacted the game through his passing and defense, but shooting is what would have put him over the top.

"What could I have done better," Kidd repeated. "Find someone like Chris who could teach me how to shoot when I was your age. 'Cause if I could shoot, (expletive) I'd be part of that GOAT (greatest of all time) conversation."

Kidd said this with a laugh, but him being a knockdown shooter would have undoubtedly thrust him higher into that conversation of being one of the best players to ever play the game. He was an exceptional facilitator, defender, and on-court leader, but shooting will be known as one of his weaknesses when looking back at his career.

For his career, Kidd shot 34.9 percent from downtown. That is a respectable number, but imagine if Kidd shot around 40 percent from downtown. He would have been even more unstoppable.

Kidd became a better shooter as his career went on, especially during his second stint on the Mavs, but he was never really one to create threes for himself off the dribble effectively. His shooting numbers climbed when he started getting more open looks off the catch as a veteran player and entering the league as a better shooter would have thrown him into the conversation of being one of the greatest point guards ever.

Kidd is definitely somewhere in the top 10 of point guards to ever play, but him being a deadly shooter would have propelled him somewhere into the top five due to his dominance in every other part of the game.

Kidd and the Mavs will pursue their second ring as a franchise this season, and we'll have you covered with all the latest through it all.