DALLAS Mavericks have given a long-term contract to coach Jason Kidd, Monday (6/5), making it certain that the former NBA basketball player will not be among the candidates for coach of the Los Angeles Lakers.
The 51-year-old coach led the Mavericks to a 140-106 win-loss record over 3 seasons and 13-11 in the playoffs, including qualifying for the second round of the NBA playoffs this season once morest the Oklahoma City Thunder.
During his 19 seasons playing in the NBA, the point guard led the Mavericks to become champions in 2011.
Kidd was also part of the United States (US) national team which won gold medals at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics.
“We are thrilled that Kidd will continue to lead our team into the future with this contract extension,” said Mavericks owner Patrick Dumont.
“Kidd led our team to two playoff runs in three seasons and we can’t wait to see him continue to build this team into a strong team in the NBA,” he continued.
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Kidd led the Mavericks to a 52-30 win-loss record two seasons ago and reached the Western Conference finals.
After posting a 38-44 win-loss record last season, the Mavericks recovered this season and posted a 50-32 record to qualify for the playoffs.
The Mavericks then beat the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of this year’s NBA playoffs.
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Thanks to his good performance with the Mavericks, Kidd’s name was included in the list of candidates to become coach of the Lakers, who fired Darvin Ham, Friday (3/5) following LeBron James and his friends were eliminated by the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the NBA playoffs
Overall, Kidd has a win-loss record of 323-296 with three teams, namely the Brooklyn Nets, Milwaukee Bucks and Mavericks.
Kidd started his career as a coach with the Nets in 2013 before moving to the Bucks following just one season.
He led the Bucks starting in 2014 before being fired in January 2018 following the team posted a 23-22 record.
Kidd became an assistant coach for the Lakers in 2019 and in his first season led the Lakers to become NBA champions. He lasted one more season before becoming head coach of the Mavericks. (AFP/Z-1)
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