We have 3 major candidates.
Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, and Cp3
Early 2000s. 2002-2003. Kidd was able to lead his team to back to back finals appearance. (Only losing to Shaq/Kobe Lakers and Big 3 Spurs respectively)
Everyone thought Kidd would be inarguably the best PG of the decade.
However, in Mid 2000s. 2005-2006. Nash was traded from Mavs to Suns. And his partnership with coach Dantoni worked wonders. Unlike Kidd. Nash never was able to lead his suns team to a finals appearance. Usually losing to Spurs or Lakers before reaching the big stage. Still Nash won back to back MVPs in that stretch
Then Cp3 came to the party as a late game. 2006, he won Roy. 2007, he was not even an all star. But in 2008, he had a skyrocket leap. Not only he made all star. He became an MVP candidate!!!. And even placed second place behind Kobe Bryant (one of Top 10-12 all time players)
My Verdict
Cp3 kinda came late. And a good amount of his prime years will be in 2010s instead.
So, it is Nash VS Kidd.
Kidd back to back finals appearance was amazing.
But I will give the edge to Nash. Just because on how deep the wild west in his time.
So, I have (for 2000s)
1.Nash
2.Kidd
3.Cp3
Honorable Mention: Deron Williams
I can’t say who the best PG between Nash and Kidd but I clearly remember when Kidd got traded to the Nets they went from a 26-56 record to 52-30 and went to the finals back to back.
And the MVP voting was very close.
Not to mention the number of triple double he put in an era when it wasn’t that easy.
So definitely you can’t say Nash and Paul are far better than Kidd. But hey after all it’s your opinion man.
I mean Chris Paul basically made the Clippers relevant. They also went from a 29 win team to a 57 win team. Again, this is coming from a Kidd fan. He just isn’t the player Paul or Nash were. Nash actually won MVP twice, and CP3 was seen as the best PG in the game for over half a decade