NBA Rumors: Brooklyn Nets are ‘done’ with Jason Kidd
By Jack Crosby
It’s been a weird 12 hours or so as it relates to the unexpected drama that has arisen between Jason Kidd and the Brooklyn Nets, but we’re learning more and more as time goes on about what really happened. What will eventually happen, though, is that Kidd will be out the door because it appears that the Nets are “done” with him.
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According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo, Kidd, in asking for more power within the team, made the Russian ownership members very angry.
"Kidd made a failed coup to Brooklyn’s Russian ownership to usurp the power of Nets general manager Billy King – and failed spectacularly. The Nets and Bucks are discussing compensation for Milwaukee hiring Kidd away, which will likely include second-round draft picks, sources told Yahoo Sports.“The Russians are done with Kidd,” one high-ranking league source told Yahoo Sports on Saturday night. …Kidd isn’t angling to immediately take over as president and coach, sources said, but is intrigued with the higher-paying, lower-workload life of an executive, sources said."
After the failed attempt to basically run the team, the Milwaukee Bucks immediately asked for permission to talk with Kidd, which the Nets granted because they want nothing to do with him anymore.
As Woj also pointed out on Saturday night, Kidd basically wants about the same role that Phil Jackson has with the Knicks, just without having accomplished anything close to what Jackson did in his coaching career.