The Mavericks are in the market for a new head coach, and while the options on the current hoops landscape aren’t entirely intriguing, ESPN’s Marc Stein reports that current Lakers assistant Jason Kidd is a “prime candidate” for the job.
To make matters more interesting, speaking with ESPN’s Tim MacMahon, former-Mavs-now-Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle offered a public endorsement of Kidd for the head coaching job on Tuesday:
Kidd had a few head-coaching stops in the league: He spent a single year in Brooklyn coaching the Nets, followed by 3 1/2 seasons in Milwaukee before being fired mid-season in 2018.
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Stein reported that Kidd has many supporters in Dallas, mainly for what he gave the organization as a player during the team’s championship-winning season in 2010-11.
Kidd currently is an assistant coach with the Lakers, finishing his second year with the organization. He was part of LA’s championship-winning team in 2020.
Of course, Kidd’s polarizing reputation and sub-par results as a head coach (183-190 overall) means that Mavericks fans looking for greener pastures after the departure of Carlisle may still be left wanting.
