Anonymous
Years ago

Official: Bucks sign Kidd as new coach

According to a league source, Kidd recently approached ownership with a series of demands, including the role of overseeing the Nets' basketball operations department in addition to his head coaching responsibilities. The source said Kidd didn’t want general manager Billy King to be dismissed, but wanted to be given a title and placed above him in the organizational hierarchy.

Ownership declined to grant Kidd that kind of power, which is rare for any coach in the league to have. The source said ownership felt Kidd wasn’t ready for that kind of responsibility after having only one year of coaching experience — the team finished his first season on the bench with a 44-38 record, good for sixth in the Eastern Conference — and allowed Kidd to seek other opportunities.

The franchise then was approached by the Bucks for permission to speak with Kidd about the prospect of hiring him, and the Nets granted permission.

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/06/28/report-nets-grant-bucks-permission-to-speak-with-jason-kidd/

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Anonymous
Years ago

"The Russians are done with Kidd," one high-ranking league source told Yahoo Sports on Saturday night.

Kidd's thirst for more power and money began to escalate with Golden State's and New York's hirings of Steve Kerr and Derek Fisher, respectively, as coaches, league sources said. Kidd was livid they were paid contracts substantially higher than what the Nets paid Kidd as a rookie coach.

"That got him - especially Fisher," one official told Yahoo Sports.

Kidd was hired for three years, $10.5 million, only to be livid over Kerr and Fisher getting four-year deals guaranteeing more than $4 million dollars per season. Lost on Kidd was this: His dicey history made him unappealing as a coach, except with the Nets.

Despite Kidd's greatness as a Hall of Fame point guard, he had a long career of clashing with front-office executives and coaches, a domestic abuse charge and a DWI guilty plea that left him suspended for his first two games as an NBA head coach. Kidd had little leverage upon his hiring as coach, which is why the Nets refused to overpay him market value.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/jason-kidd-in-talks-to-run-bucks--basketball-operations-after-failed-power-play-with-nets-072327526.html

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Lance_Uppercut
Years ago

Kidds a douchebag, his record better than it should be because its the eastern conference

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orbit
Years ago

Greedey asshole!!

Phil Jacksons first clever move to dismantling competition in the East IMO.

Pay Fisher more than Kidd!

How much is enough....?

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Isaac
Years ago

Bucks have offered a second round pick for Kidd. Nets want a first round, but sounds like the Bucks are holding their ground.

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Gordon Liddy
Years ago

If getting Jason Kidd away from the Brooklyn Nets is part of Phil Jackson's master plan to dismantle the competition in the East, he sure is starting with baby steps.

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Isaac
Years ago

Two second round picks in exchange.

Supposedly the coaching fraternity is likely to be very unimpressed at Kidd making a play for a job while the incumbent still held it.

Also:

As part of Kidd deal, Brooklyn and Milwaukee will not be allowed to make a trade with each other during 2014-'15 season, source tells Yahoo.

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Isaac
Years ago

Bucks on Twitter:

The new head coach of your Milwaukee Bucks, Jason Kidd!

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Official: Bucks sign Kidd as new coach

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