GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Jason Kidd burst out of the starting gate of this basketball season like a man who had discovered the Fountain of Youth.

In November, the 39-year-old Knicks guard averaged 8.0 points and 3.4 assists while shooting 49 percent from beyond the arc, and by December, he had ramped it up to 9.9 points and 4.8 assists while making 42 percent from deep.