Then they traded for Kidd and he took the exact same team to the finals. Presto change-o
This Starbury narrative is really silly. The Nets team Marbury led in 2001 was vastly different from the Nets team that Kidd took to the Finals in 2002. The only FOUR players that rolled over from 2000-01 to 01-02 were Luscious Harris, Kenyon Martin (who was a Rookie in 01), Aaron Williams and Keith Van Horn. But keep telling yourselves they were the EXACT same teams.
Richard Jefferson, Todd McCallough, and Jason Collins, who were all rotation players came in that season with Jason Kidd. Not to mention White Mamba!
Kerry Kittles another important part of that back to back Finals team didn't even play the last Marbury led season because he was recovering from knee surgery