09-18-2026, 10:10 AM
(09-16-2026, 09:02 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: Sort of weird, I am still confused by Kidd as I was when he was hired. I did not like the hire. I thought early on he proved me wrong. His team played hard. He seemed to treat the players like professionals and never embarrassed them. He gave the players freedom. Players seemed to like him. But then, we had years were he really seemed disengaged. When extreme measures had to be taken, he almost seemed like it was not his responsibility. Then when players left Dallas it always felt cold and impersonal. You will always have hurt feelings when you move on but it felt particularly cold by Dallas.
Then after the Luka trade you had all these weird or hidden comments by him. It was just exhausting.
Whether he is/was a good coach is debatable. What is not debatable is how bad things would have gotten if Kidd weaseled his way into a front office position.
THIS...
The one thing I missed from Rick was OOB and timeout sets. Rick is the master technician in those scenarios.
Kidd brought something else that I underestimated, and that was his ability to get early offense in transition.
However, once the game became half-court against an opponent capable of stopping secondary breaks into pick and roll offense Kidd's team struggled offensively.
You have to think Kidd saw an opportunity when the Luka trade happened/was brought to his attention. He had to know Nico wasn't going to survive the fallout, but he also had to stay diplomatic regarding Dumont's role in the process.
I am not sure I take the LeBron comments seriously at all. If I heard those comments from my star player, I let them go, fain agreement, and then talk about how certain star players have lost touch with reality - or at least the ability to be objective regarding their own reality.