Fansided

1 contract every NBA team would want back

By Ian Levy

Mar 28, 2023; San Francisco, California, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Jordan Poole (3) flexes after a play against the New Orleans Pelicans during the fourth quarter at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 28, 2023; San Francisco, California, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Jordan Poole (3) flexes after a play against the New Orleans Pelicans during the fourth quarter at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 20, 2022; Dallas, Texas, USA; Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic (77) and head coach Jason Kidd during the game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Denver Nuggets at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 20, 2022; Dallas, Texas, USA; Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic (77) and head coach Jason Kidd during the game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Denver Nuggets at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /

Dallas Mavericks: Jason Kidd

I’m cheating a bit by going to the bench, especially with so many other candidates to choose from — four years and $75 million for Tim Hardaway Jr. in 2021, three years and $17 million for JaVale McGee last offseason. And a few months from now Kyrie Irving’s latest contract will almost certainly take this spot.

But for now, let’s point at Jason Kidd who has two more years on a four-year deal as Mavs head coach. Over the first half of that contract, he has led the Mavs to an 80-74 record, repeatedly blamed everyone else for the team’s struggles, assembled baffling rotation and invisible in-game adjustments while alienating several of the team’s best players.

This team is in an incredibly combustible situation and keeping Kidd on the bench is adding a steady stream of gasoline.

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