When the New Jersey Nets talk about their 180-degree turnaround this season, they don't Kidd around.
Kerry Kittles, Kenyon Martin and Keith Van Horn -- three-fifths of the team's starting lineup -- are finally healthy. Four rookies have injected youth. Todd MacCulloch, now starting at center, has added size and depth.

But the biggest change comes in the team's shortest package: 6-foot-4 point guard Jason Kidd.

"Jason has turned our team around,'' Nets coach Byron Scott said recently. "Our system is tailor-made for Jason because we want to run a lot and he has the ball in his hands 90 percent of the time and makes good decisions. It's amazing the way this guy can dominate the game. He doesn't have to score. You just don't see many guys in this league that are able to do that.''