Luka Dealt to Lakers: Nico Harrison is a Basketball Terrorist

[Dahlsim]

I'm not sold Kidd was totally in the dark, regardless of what Nico says.

However, Kidd has done everything possible to keep his fingerprints off the decision, even if his opinions drove the initial discussions. He still has to coach the team and wants as few trust issues as possible.

I can understand how you just can't believe Kidd was in the dark here, it seems impossible to imagine until you also think about how unbelievable it is that the entire league full of GM's and agents could also be kept in the dark?  
Then you can't believe that the entire sports media full time insider industry was kept in the dark? 
Then you can't believe Luka Magic himself and his entire team was kept in the dark? 
Then you can't believe that Lebron-King-of-NBA himself was somehow kept completely in the dark? 

By all indications, this was maybe the most secretive private major transaction in the history of the game with 2 guys and their immediate owners being the only people that actually had to know.  Even facilitating team, Utah says they only were made privy to their part in the transaction and were not told what the full trade deal was they were participating in.  

So if all that is true as it appears to be then yes, its very possible that Jason Kidd was also kept in the dark.  His job then was simply to agree with Nico's direction in a general which is why I imagine he insisted that it was made public the decision making part of the deal was not his.