How would you evaluate the performance of Jason Kidd and his staff this season? Nico Harrison: “The coaches have done a great job. One, when you have two superstar players, first and foremost, getting those guys to play together at a high level and respect each other’s play and to play together, you always have to take a little bit off your game for the success of the team. To be able to do that is remarkable. Jason and his staff have done that at a high level. We’re not successful if that doesn’t happen.”
Source: Dallas Morning News
Source: Dallas Morning News
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Marc J. Spears @MarcJSpears
At Hoop Summit, Jordan Lee is repping Jason Kidd’s growing AAU impact on women’s basketball. Twenty-six players have landed D-I scholarships out of Jason Kidd Select in the last three years. Lee is the first to make the @nikehoopsummit game. #NBA #MFFL bit.ly/3TQqQeW – 2:05 PM
At Hoop Summit, Jordan Lee is repping Jason Kidd’s growing AAU impact on women’s basketball. Twenty-six players have landed D-I scholarships out of Jason Kidd Select in the last three years. Lee is the first to make the @nikehoopsummit game. #NBA #MFFL bit.ly/3TQqQeW – 2:05 PM
Brad Townsend @townbrad
Q&A with Mavs GM Nico Harrison: What has led Dallas’ turnaround after dismal end to 2023? dallasnews.com/sports/maveric… – 9:40 AM
Q&A with Mavs GM Nico Harrison: What has led Dallas’ turnaround after dismal end to 2023? dallasnews.com/sports/maveric… – 9:40 AM
Mike Curtis @MikeACurtis2
From @townbrad:
An exclusive Q&A with #Mavs GM Nico Harrison, who talks about the pairing of Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, why it was important to add complementary pieces to surround them and an evaluation of Jason Kidd and his coaching staff. dallasnews.com/sports/maveric… – 1:06 PM
From @townbrad:
An exclusive Q&A with #Mavs GM Nico Harrison, who talks about the pairing of Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, why it was important to add complementary pieces to surround them and an evaluation of Jason Kidd and his coaching staff. dallasnews.com/sports/maveric… – 1:06 PM
Brad Townsend @townbrad
Nico Harrison Q&A: Mavericks GM talks Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving duo; evaluates Jason Kidd dallasnews.com/sports/maveric… – 1:02 PM
Nico Harrison Q&A: Mavericks GM talks Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving duo; evaluates Jason Kidd dallasnews.com/sports/maveric… – 1:02 PM
Barry Jackson @flasportsbuzz
Mavs coach Jason Kidd mentions Jovic’s “high skill set. He’s long. He can shoot it. He can put it on the floor.”…. Herro (back from foot injury) woke up feeling great and will play tonight on second of back to back, per Spo. – 6:19 PM
Mavs coach Jason Kidd mentions Jovic’s “high skill set. He’s long. He can shoot it. He can put it on the floor.”…. Herro (back from foot injury) woke up feeling great and will play tonight on second of back to back, per Spo. – 6:19 PM
Wes Goldberg @wcgoldberg
Jason Kidd on why Luka Doncic isn’t considered the MVP favorite:
“He makes it look too easy. That’s what happens with some of the greats… MJ… we take their talent for granted.” – 6:13 PM
Jason Kidd on why Luka Doncic isn’t considered the MVP favorite:
“He makes it look too easy. That’s what happens with some of the greats… MJ… we take their talent for granted.” – 6:13 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Jason Kidd says even with Mavericks clinching a top-six seed, “Nothing changes here.” – 6:06 PM
Jason Kidd says even with Mavericks clinching a top-six seed, “Nothing changes here.” – 6:06 PM
Dave Early @DavidEarly
If you’re Jason Kidd and the bracket is set after tonight, You might want to rest players. If so, he probably opts to rest Luka vs det, etc. and let Kyrie chase his million. So Kyrie might want to go for it tonight when he still has his best reinforcements – 3:53 PM
If you’re Jason Kidd and the bracket is set after tonight, You might want to rest players. If so, he probably opts to rest Luka vs det, etc. and let Kyrie chase his million. So Kyrie might want to go for it tonight when he still has his best reinforcements – 3:53 PM
Emiliano Carchia @Sportando
Jason Kidd: Luka Doncic is going to rewrite the record books for the Mavericks and also for the NBA sportando.basketball/en/jason-kidd-… – 3:05 PM
Jason Kidd: Luka Doncic is going to rewrite the record books for the Mavericks and also for the NBA sportando.basketball/en/jason-kidd-… – 3:05 PM
James Plowright @British_Buzz
Dallas Mavericks HC Jason Kidd on Grant Williams impact for the Charlotte Hornets
“Grant’s doing an incredible job here when you look at playing the five or playing whatever position they’ve asked him to play. He’s shooting the ball, he’s making decisions, he’s posting up and… pic.twitter.com/XXS64eEblz – 6:07 PM
Dallas Mavericks HC Jason Kidd on Grant Williams impact for the Charlotte Hornets
“Grant’s doing an incredible job here when you look at playing the five or playing whatever position they’ve asked him to play. He’s shooting the ball, he’s making decisions, he’s posting up and… pic.twitter.com/XXS64eEblz – 6:07 PM
More on this storyline
Kidd, the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks and a Basketball Hall of Famer, became intrigued about the possibility of starting a women’s AAU program after seeing the late Kobe Bryant and his connection with women’s basketball. Bryant and his daughter, Gigi Bryant, and seven others tragically died in a helicopter accident on Jan. 26, 2020. After Bryant’s death, Kidd started a high-level AAU program for girls that initially was rooted in Arizona before he settled on having it in his native San Francisco Bay Area. The program is coached and led by longtime basketball coach Armando Pazos. “I thought Kobe was doing the right thing,” Kidd said prior to the Mavericks’ 104-100 loss to the Golden State Warriors on April 2. “And I know it was tied to Gigi. But I thought his brand, his light was bringing a lot more attention to the women’s game. With the accident. I just felt like, how can I help with my little flashlight? How can I bring some attention? How can I help in the Bay? “And so, we went full throttle. We were going to connect the two — Arizona and the Bay — and it just turned out that the Bay was the group that I decided to work with. Armando at the time was with Golden City, his program. And it just worked out that he was the one that I wanted to do it with, and he’s run with it and he’s done an incredible job.” -via Andscape / April 12, 2024
Jordan Lee will have a lot of pride wearing a USA Basketball jersey against the World team during the Hoop Summit women’s game on Saturday. The prep guard also had a lot of pride wearing a Jason Kidd Select jersey when she won an AAU national title last year. The Hoop Summit pits the top American high school seniors against the top international teenagers in boys and girls games. “Just being able to rep that name and have people acknowledge that as we walk in the gym, we played with a certain type of aura that we were representing,” Lee told ESPN’s Andscape from her home April 7. -via Andscape / April 12, 2024
Dallas Mavericks president Nico Harrison is a former Nike executive who worked closely with Kobe Bryant. Harrison recalls when Kidd first reached out to him after Bryant’s death about getting aid from Nike for his budding girls AAU program. “We sponsored them from the beginning. [Kidd] said, ‘I want to give back to girls basketball. The men are taken care of. We need more people supporting women.’ I told him we will help with whatever you need. He just started building and he is doing a hell of a job,” Harrison said on April 2. -via Andscape / April 12, 2024
