All signs are pointing toward Jason Kidd remaining the head coach of the Mavericks.
According to Christian Clark and Sam Amick of The Athletic, the Mavericks continue to privately insist to what they described as “key stakeholders” that Kidd won’t be going anywhere. Speculation has run rampant since it was reported on Monday by ESPN’s Brian Windhorst that there was “mutual intrigue” between Kidd and the Knicks, who recently fired Tom Thibodeau.
Citing a team source, The Athletic duo reports the Knicks had yet to request permission to speak with Kidd as of Tuesday afternoon. Similarly, Mike Curtis of the Dallas Morning News heard the same thing from a “person with knowledge of the situation.”
Curtis added that two people within the Mavericks organization told him they’re skeptical the Knicks will even make the request. Curtis notes that the Knicks would need to compensate the Mavs in order to hire Kidd, who signed a contract extension last offseason. That would likely require draft capital that the Knicks — who traded numerous picks to acquire Mikal Bridges — lack, as well as possible cash considerations.
If the Knicks do ask permission to talk to Kidd, it’s expected the Mavericks will decline, according to Stefan Bondy of the New York Post.
The Athletic indicates that there’s a widely held belief is that Kidd is hoping to parlay the Knicks’ interest into another lucrative contract extension with the Mavs. His current deal covers the next two seasons. If that extension isn’t offered, it’s possible that Kidd might want to head to New York.
However, Jay Triano agreed to terms on an assistant coaching job with the Mavericks on Tuesday after assurances from Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison that Kidd would remain the head coach. The Stein Line reported over the weekend that the Mavs and Triano, the former head coach of the Suns and Raptors, were finalizing an agreement. Triano spent the last three seasons as a Kings assistant.
You mean the Mavs are unlikely to give away the best player AND their head coach in the same season? Shocker…
Kidd couldn’t win with Giannis or Dallas before the big trade. Please tell me why my team is considering him? What about someone like Stackhouse or Cassell? I always wanted Mark Jackson, but that ship has sailed.
Stackhouse couldn’t even make the NCCA tourney in 5 seasons
Cassell has been an assistant for 15 years for a reason
Jackson was fired and the Warriors became a dynasty
There’s a lot better options out there.
“Please tell me why my team is considering him?”
They’re not. It’s the NY media running with a story off of scraps of non-vetted information. You will know the Knicks head coach only when they announce it. Until then, take every story you hear about the search with a grain of salt.
(sarcasm font) Don’t be surprised if the Knicks hire Jason Kidd’s dad to be an assistant coach so they can backdoor tamper with him and forfeit a meaningless second round pick.
LOL. So, I guess they’re saying that there was a never a story to begin with (beyond mutual intrigue, which isn’t a newsworthy without it leading to a coaching move). Kidd can’t be both a top target and non-candidate.
If you put yourself in Kidds shoes. Why would you want to leave Dallas. His family is settled there. He has arguably the next great player coming. He has AD. And a team that was in Finals in 2023-24 season. He has Kyrie coming back for playoffs.
Why would he leave that. He makes top dollar for coaches. Mavs gave him a raise when Lakers were lurking. Texas has no state tax. Why would he leave this for the insanity of NYC.
Sign Michael Malone ….. let’s get on with our business in NY….. the draft is coming. Would like to have a coach in play. And buy a pick to work with.
Why would you want same type coach as Tibs, but inferior one?
There’s reports the Knicks requested permission to interview Udoka from the Rockets and Finch from Minnesota and were denied. The Knicks fired a good coach in Thibodeau. None of those or Kidd are upgrades. There are two guys who I can see that might be an upgrade and don’t have to trade for their rights and that’s Taylor Jenkins and Michael Malone. One of those guys are my guess as the next HC of the Knicks.
“Well these coaches don’t seem to get fired so let’s get one of them and fire them ourselves.”