Ngelixa lakhe lozuko lobuchwephesha, emva kokuzinikela ubomi bakhe bonke, indoda enazo zonke iimpendulo zebhola yomnyazi yayingenalo zigqibo.
Ngalo lonke ixesha esazi ngokuchanekileyo apho ibhola ifanele ukuya khona, ngubani ekufuneka ifumane kwaye ifike nini, uJason Kidd, intshatsheli ye-NBA entsha, wayexhelekile.
Umntwana okhulele kwiinkundla zebhola yomnyazi e-East Bay wayengazi ukuba makajike phi okanye enze ntoni. Wayengenalwazi malunga neprotocol. Abadlali beqela lakhe babengenalo nofifi, kananjalo, kwaye kube kanye, uKidd, oyena mdala noyena uphumeleleyo phakathi kwabo, akakwazanga ukunceda.
(Yayiyi) surreal ngengqiqo yokuba siphumelele ubuntshatsheli, kwaye ngenene besingayazi indlela yokubhiyozela kwigumbi lokutshixa, yindlela uKidd ayichaza ngayo ngoku, esatyisa ngorhatya iDallas Mavericks yakhe yakhupha iMiami Heat kwisithandathu. imidlalo yokuphumelela yonke.
UKidd, oneminyaka engama-38 ubudala, wayediniwe. Wayefuna ukuphumla. Wahlamba ngeChampagne. Wawola abadlali beqela kunye nabaqeqeshi kunye nabahlobo. Kuyo yonke loo nto, wayedlala ngengqondo kwikota yenkulungwane yebasketball.
Wabonakalisa ubutsha bakhe, ukusuka kwiinkundla zase-Oakland nakwiindawo ezikufutshane, ukuya eSt Joseph High e-Alameda, apho waba ngusaziwayo wendawo kunye neenkwenkwezi zesizwe. Ingqondo yakhe yabhadula ibuyela eCal, apho kwiisizini ezimbini waphakamisa inkqubo ye-middling ukuba ibonakale ngendlela engazange ibonwe ngaphambili ngaphambi kokubhengeza uyilo lwe-1994 ye-NBA emva konyaka wakhe wesibini.
Wacinga ngonina, uAnne, noodadewabo, uDenise noKim. Wacinga ngabantwana bakhe abahlanu, malunga nabadlali beqela langaphambili leCal njengoMonty Buckley kunye nabahlobo basebuntwaneni kunye namaqabane afana no-Andre Cornwell, ogama lakhe wayedla ngokulisebenzisa xa ehlola iihotele.
Uninzi lwazo zonke, uJason wayelangazelela ubukho bukayise, uSteve, kunye nomqeqeshi wakhe wangaphambili eSt Joe's, uFrank LaPorte, iimpembelelo ezimbini ezazama - nangona kungabikho rhoqo ngempumelelo - ukugcina uJason osemncinci.
Amadoda amabini athi ngamazwi amathathu - Ukwenzile! - ingawathoba amehlo kaKidd.
Kwakungathi, 'Mntu, ndinqwenela ukuba umqeqeshi uLaPorte wayesekho,' utsho uKidd. Ndiyazi ukuba wayebukele engasentla, kodwa ukuze akwazi uku … ukugqibela kwam ukuphumelela into efana nale kwakukwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo.
Kwaye bonke abafana endidlale nabo, kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo ukuya ekholejini kunye nohambo lwam lwe-NBA, eli yayiliqela endithe ndaphumelela kulo ekugqibeleni. Ndacinga ngabo bonke abafana endidlala nabo abandinceda ukuba ndidlale ixesha elide, kodwa ndonwabile nokudlala umdlalo. Ayemaninzi amalungu osapho nabahlobo endiye ndacinga ngabo endandinqwenela ukuba ngendibelapha ukuze ndiyibone ngokobuqu.
NgeLaPorte ebhentshini kunye neKidd phantsi, iSt. Joe iphumelele izihloko zelizwe kwi-1991 kunye ne-92. Umdlali kunye nomqeqeshi bahlala besondelene, nasemva kokuba u-Kidd eye e-Dallas njenge-No. ULaPorte uchithe unyaka wakhe wokugqibela esilwa nomhlaza wepancreatic ngaphambi kokuba anikezele ngo-1997 eneminyaka engama-64.
U-Kidd wayesenaye utata wakhe. USteve Kidd uchithe ixesha elininzi kunye noJason njengoko wenzayo ekhaya. Njengomsebenzi wexesha elide we-TWA, uSteve wayehamba rhoqo, ehlala ebulisa uJason kwiihotele zendlela. Wayenegumbi lakhe kwikhaya lonyana wakhe kwidolophu yaseDallas.
Ngo-1999, kwiintsuku ezimbalwa emva kokutyelela uJason ePhoenix - wayethengiselwe kwi-Suns ngo-1997 - uSteve Kidd wagcina isifo senhliziyo esibulalayo. Wayeneminyaka engama-61.
Ndikunye notata, (ukuphumelela ubuntshatsheli) yayiyeyona nto i-1, u-Kidd ukhumbula. Ukuthetha naye ndisemncinci, okanye ukumbona endleleni ngelixa edlala kwi-NBA, bendihlala ndimxelela ukuba siza kuphumelela ubuntshatsheli apha kungekudala. Ndicinga ukuba wavuma. Ndikwacinga ukuba wayekulungele ukunyaniseka malunga nenyani yokuba kukho amaqela angcono ngaphandle kwakho.
Kodwa ukuba ndithabathe ixesha elide kangaka, ndicinga ukuba mhlawumbi ebeya kuthi, ‘Into ebendisoloko ndikuxelela yona kukuba ufanele ube nomonde. Akusoloko kusenzeka xa ucinga ukuba kuya kwenzeka.’ Wayesoloko endixelela ukuba akwenzeki xa ufuna ukuba kwenzeke, kodwa kuya kwenzeka.
Akuzange kwenzeke ngexesha lokuqala likaJason Kidd eDallas, okanye ePhoenix, apho uJason wachitha khona amaxesha amahlanu ngaphambi kokuba athengiswe eNew Jersey, apho wachitha iminyaka emithandathu kwaye walahlekelwa kabini kwi-NBA finals.
Oko akuthethi ukuba loo minyaka yayingenanto. I-Kidd yi-10-ixesha le-All-Star ene-5 ephezulu-10 egqiba kwi-MVP yokuvota. Ubeka iNombolo ye-2 kuluhlu lwabancedisi bexesha lonke, iNombolo ye-3 kuluhlu lwexesha lonke lokuba, i-3-point shots kunye ne-triple-doubles. Ngeli xesha, irekhodi lakhe le-56-0 njengommeli weQela lase-USA limenza inkwenkwe yeposta yempumelelo kukhuphiswano lwamazwe ngamazwe.
Kude kube lixesha lesine lesihlandlo sesibini sika-Kidd eDallas, kunye neNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame iziqinisekiso zisekiwe, ngaba wawubamba umsesane.
Kufana nephupha, utsho uKidd. Abantu baye babuza, ‘Kuvakala njani?’ Kunzima ukucacisa kuba andizange ndibe nentshatsheli kwiNBA. Eyona nto ikufutshane endinokuzama ukuyithelekisa nayo sisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo. Liphupha libe yinyaniso.
Qhagamshelana noMonte Poole apha mpoole@bayareanewsgroup.com .
