OT: Jason Kidd wants to coach the Nets!

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  1. Haakzilla

    Haakzilla Well-Known Member

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    ...good luck with that one!

     
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    I've heard enough interviews and stories to conclude that Kidd is an on-court basketball genius but generally a moron. Maybe he gets an Assistant Coaching job, but I'll be surprised if any management decides he's a guy they trust close to the reigns

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    Is he trying his best Mark Jackson impersonation.
     
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    I've been hearing about this all day, but no one has brought up his role with the Knicks these past two seasons.

    Remember Avery Johnson before he became a head coach? He followed Nelson around as a "player coach" for a year or two being groomed for the role. Did Woodson take Kidd under his wing in a similar role? Even if he did, Johnson also had to do a year of assistant coaching before being handed the reigns of the Mavericks.

    I'm torn on this one, because it's a ballsy, unorthodox move on Kidd's part, but he's also one of the best floor generals in league history (if not the best). If it comes out that he's had some experience as a "player coach" in New York, that'd probably sway my opinion more towards hiring the guy. I mean, who better to handle a PG-driven team than one of the league's all-time great PG's, and well, the last time he came to the Nets, they went from the 24th best team in the league to the 4th (aka the year they robbed Jason Kidd of his MVP trophy).
     
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    I think he only played for the Knicks for one year.
     
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    Yeah, just realized that a minute ago... some fan I am...

    More importantly though, I still wonder if in his one year, did he have a coach-like role, like Avery Johnson did?
     
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    Man, I didn't watch the Knicks at all (except for the two times they played Portland), so I'm not really sure if Kidd was in that role. I can't stand Melo, and I've always hated the Knicks, so there's really no reason for me to watch them.
     
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    Re: OT: Kidd formidable candidate to coach Nets (has this ever happened before??)

    I don't think that it's happened in the post-player/coach era.

    Lenny Wilkens was player/coach for like four years in the late-60's/early-70's and Dave Cowens did it in 1979... presumably players walked into post-playing head coaching gigs back then occasionally.
     
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    Re: OT: Kidd formidable candidate to coach Nets (has this ever happened before??)

    Bill Russell did the same at the end of his career. The new CBA prevents player-coaches, though.

    Avery Johnson went from playing in San Antonio, to an assistant coach in Dallas, to head coaching in roughly a 5 month span.
     
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    Re: OT: Kidd formidable candidate to coach Nets (has this ever happened before??)

    Scott Skiles too, yeah? Maybe I'm misremembering...
     
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    Re: OT: Kidd formidable candidate to coach Nets (has this ever happened before??)

    --> MERGE
     
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    Re: OT: Kidd formidable candidate to coach Nets (has this ever happened before??)

    I'm old enough to remember Skiles at Michigan State. He got busted for weed, cocaine, and a DUI, and Bobby Knight blasted him in the media, but then paid him a big compliment. It's amazing to me that he turned it around enough to get NBA head coaching gigs. I saw him as the original White Chocolate, vices included.

    http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7185970/the-50-greatest-college-basketball-players-all-time

    This entire article is worth reading, though. Alfredick "The Great" Hughes!
     
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    Holy shiet, didn't know that about Skiles.
     
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    Scott Skiles is a badass. Always liked that guy.
     
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    I think its awesome that they hired Kidd so soon after his retirement. I think he'll be a good coach. He was pretty much a player/coach his entire career.
    It'd be crazy if the Nets have injury issues at the PG position and he has to suit up and play. Can a coach do that?
     
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    ...but does DeRon want to play for him?! Will DeRon approve of his offensive schemes?! That's all that matters, right DeRon?!
     
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    Ummmmmm .... what?!?!

    Tim Bontemps ‏@TimBontemps 38m
    Kidd mentions Gerald Wallace as being a point-forward. Continues to emphasize fast-break and pushing the pace. The one specific he's given.

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    Chris Haynes ‏@ChrisBHaynes 35m
    So far Jason Kidd is not starting this whole coaching thing on a good note if he thinks Gerald Wallace is going to be his point-forward
     
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