Jason Kidd was a legend in middle school.
Yup, I heard quite a bit about him before he got to St. Joe's. So, I went to his first game of his freshman year. A total freak who ran the team like a pro. I wish I *had* gone and seen him in middle school. I did make up for lost time during his HS years, seeing some 70 of his games. No other guard I've seen at the HS level has had his combination of size, strength, speed, court vision, moves, passing ability, and especially the *MIND* for the game. Not even close, really... I'd have to put Gary Payton a distant 2nd on my point-guard list.
I do remember seeing an interview of his high-flying teammate Adrian Ealy, who had played with him since they were 10 or so. Talking about those first games together, he said something like "Yeah, I'd score 6, J would score 20, and we'd win 26-6!"
Oh, speaking of Payton... The summer after J got out of high school, he played on a team in the San Francisco pro-am league. When Payton was in town, they'd play together on the same team, J at the 1 and Payton at the 2... That was one helluva backcourt...