Jason Kidd has been a maligned coach throughout his coaching tenure, as stops with the Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee Bucks didn’t end well. He admitted to ESPN’s Tim McMahon he was still learning how to coach and didn’t really learn how to put it all together until he was on Frank Vogel’s LA Lakers staff, where they won a championship together. Now that he’s in charge of the Dallas Mavericks with some high-profile personalities, Dallas believes they have the perfect coach for their situation.
McMahon talked about a lot of things in Thursday morning’s piece about Kidd, but the biggest revelation was how revered he is by his players and how that puts him in a unique situation to lead the Mavs.
Kyrie Irving had a disappointing end to his tenure with the Boston Celtics and Nets and was seen as a toxic character to have in a locker room. When the Mavs traded for him for pennies on the dollar, no one thought it would work well and that Luka Doncic would ask for a trade before long…