Papabear Says
There is no doubt in my mind that Jasen Kidd was speaking to people on the Nets while still a Knick. He should have been focused in the playoffs. Jason looked so bad that you wonder if he was the same person. he played real bad. I don't think he would do something malishis?? If we went to the eastern finals.That would surley make the Nets look bad and we would have bragging rights in New York. What if Kid had elevated his game. Look we got beat by the Pacers but it wasn't like we was out of all the games. HMMMMM I wonder what was on Kids mind. I surly wasn't basketball the way he was playing. What do you think???
Jason Kidd approached Nets about coaching job
09:56 AM ET 10.20 | The Nets hired Jason Kidd as a rookie head coach this summer, less than 10 days after his retirement from a Hall of Fame career that lasted 19 seasons. Brooklyn's front office wasn't exactly camped out on Kidd's doorstep, however, waiting to pounce once he technically became available. No, it was Kidd who reached out through his agent to Nets' brass to see if there might be an opportunity, and initially, there wasn't. Nets GM Billy King, speaking during the TNT telecast to David Aldridge during Brooklyn's preseason win over the Heat on Thursday, explained the details of how it all went down, and revealed some of the qualities in Kidd that impressed him enough to give the first-time head coach a shot. David Aldridge: He really kind of recruited you as opposed to the other way around right? Billy King: [nods head in agreement] He did, he did, and you know his agent Jeff Schwartz reached out, and originally I said "No." I said "No, there's no way." Ownership said it, I said "No way." And then they said "Just meet with him," and I did, and I'm glad I did. scrue
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