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- Posted on: Sun, 06/29/2014 - 2:05pm #56964
McDunkinJason Kidd will be the next head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks if the Brooklyn Nets agree to the Bucks’ terms of a 2015 second-round draft pick in exchange for Kidd, a source with direct knowledge told ESPN Sunday.
The source said the Bucks offered a second-round pick, but the Nets wanted a 2015 first-round pick in exchange, a negotiating chip the Bucks originally dismissed.
“If the Nets agree then there will be a deal, if they don’t then (the Bucks) are comfortable moving on and there will be nothing further to talk about,” said the source. “The only thing (the Bucks) would give them is a second-round pick. They want a first. In the next 24 hours, there will either be a deal or there won’t be a deal.”
The source said the Bucks only talked to Kidd about being the coach, not any kind of administrative position running basketball operations. The source said the negotiation was supposed to be between the owners, not involving any basketball personnel, before the story leaked out by the New York Post. But the source said the negotiations are now being handled by Bucks general manager John Hammond and the Nets’ Billy King.
The source said Hammond and high-ranking Bucks officials David Moray and Dave Babcock are all safe and that there jobs are not in jeopardy if Kidd is hired as coach. The source said current Bucks coach Larry Drew has not talked to ownership during this process.
“If Jason accepts then they will work it out (with Drew),” said the source. ‘If the deal doesn’t happen, then there will be an issue with Larry.”
Sources said Bucks co-owners Marc Lasry and Wes Edens met with Kidd Friday in New York City after asking for and receiving permission to talk to Kidd a few days before last Thursday’s NBA draft.
Lasry was familiar with Kidd and had a previous relationship but Edens did not. The source said Kidd told the owners that he would like to have the job. The source said Kidd was intrigued by coaching a young, rebuilding team that just added the No. 2 pick in the draft in Duke’s Jabari Parker and was looking for the challenge.
The source said the ownership wanted Kidd because he was able to handle a number of egos on the Nets in his first head coaching stint and guide them into the playoffs.
The ownership view of Kidd is that he was a great player, a good young coach and somebody who could be a good disciplinarian. The ownership saw someone who handled a lot of pressure in Brooklyn, held the team together and was one of the best teams in the East.
http://m.espn.go.com/nba/story?storyId=11153896
0 - Posted on: Sun, 06/29/2014 - 2:45pm #930054
tuck243ParticipantWhy does Billy King always have a high profile job in this league? I’ve seen more posters on this site with bigger imaginations than Billy…
Why tell Kidd to talk to other teams just so you can try and stiff them for a 1st round pick?
Why Kidd think he’s the sh!t after one mediocre season as the HC of the Nets?
Everyone involved are some jacka$$es… Nets, Bucks, Kidd, and his agent…
0 - Posted on: Sun, 06/29/2014 - 2:45pm #929920
tuck243ParticipantWhy does Billy King always have a high profile job in this league? I’ve seen more posters on this site with bigger imaginations than Billy…
Why tell Kidd to talk to other teams just so you can try and stiff them for a 1st round pick?
Why Kidd think he’s the sh!t after one mediocre season as the HC of the Nets?
Everyone involved are some jacka$$es… Nets, Bucks, Kidd, and his agent…
0 - Posted on: Sun, 06/29/2014 - 4:23pm #930095
nick5354ParticipantKidd is losing respect from a lot of basketball fans. Phil Jackson and Doc Rivers have earned the right as coaches to get a bigger role and control over their teams, Kidd has not. Although, a great player, he has not earned respect as a coach.
0 - Posted on: Sun, 06/29/2014 - 4:23pm #929961
nick5354ParticipantKidd is losing respect from a lot of basketball fans. Phil Jackson and Doc Rivers have earned the right as coaches to get a bigger role and control over their teams, Kidd has not. Although, a great player, he has not earned respect as a coach.
0 - Posted on: Sun, 06/29/2014 - 5:13pm #930110
OhCanada-ParticipantHe didnt really just cry his way out of Brooklyn to find a better situation because he didnt get his way did he? This better not be a new trend.
0 - Posted on: Sun, 06/29/2014 - 5:13pm #929977
OhCanada-ParticipantHe didnt really just cry his way out of Brooklyn to find a better situation because he didnt get his way did he? This better not be a new trend.
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