Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd is sticking up for his longtime good friend, Nets head coach Steve Nash.
Ahead of the Nets’ matchup in opposition to the Mavericks on Thursday, Kidd referred to as Nash “one of the better coaches in this league,” and mentioned he empathized with the drama Nash handled this offseason.
“I think we’d (both) rather be playing (than coaching),” Kidd joked. “It’s great that Steve is in the game as a head coach, and his IQ is off the charts, his work ethic — the way he works is the same as if he was playing. He’s going to be detail oriented (and) he’s going to put his guys in a position to be successful.”
Kidd’s reward of Nash comes months after star ahead Kevin Durant requested a commerce from Brooklyn, then subsequently offered possession with an ultimatum: both commerce him to one among his most well-liked locations, or hearth each Nash and basic supervisor Sean Marks. Ownership did neither and Durant cleared the air with Nash and Marks.
Weeks later, Nets followers booed Nash when he was launched on the crew’s public Practice within the Park. Brooklyn entered its matchup in opposition to Dallas with a 1-4 document.
Kidd instructed Nash, in his third season with the Nets, is an underrated NBA head coach.
“I know he’s getting a lot of slack or a lot of finger pointing,” Kidd mentioned. “But he’s a young coach. You got to give him time, too.”
Kidd additionally has a relationship with Marks and felt for each of them when their jobs had been probably on the road this summer season.
“Hell yeah (I felt bad for them). That’s not fun,” he mentioned. “They’re human, and it’s unlucky, however you undergo it. You study. It’s a recreation that all of us attempt to win, and also you attempt to excellent it. It’s the toughest factor to excellent. But that’s enterprise. It occurs, however these two are good younger males.
“I think I’m older than Nash by a couple days, but they had to go through it. Everyone goes through it, and they’ll come out on the better end of it.”
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Source: www.bostonherald.com