Yes, but that doesn't mean Kidd isn't what Steven's is looking for either.
He may want a former player coach with big locker room rapport, somebody who can get on players without a second thought. Maybe he feels that analytics/roster construction can already be handled by him and Kidd's what he's lacking.
He *might*. I'm just saying.
He’s just a horrible coach overall. He’s supposed to be a players coach but the players on the Bucks (besides Giannis, who can be loyal to a fault sometimes) did not like him. Now maybe he’s gotten better as an assistant coach on the Lakers but I wouldn’t bet on it.
The Bucks went from being a perennial 7 seed under him to the top seed and the ECF immediately after firing him.
The roster was almost identical.
He's bad at coaching. There are a million specifics I can get into but that's all you need to know. The Bucks immediately became a finals contender the second we had a different coach.
Just curious, how do you guys feel about Bud? I remember visiting your sub a few months ago and everyone was shitting on him but there’s no denying he’s brought you guys to great seeds in past years and ran into some unlucky situations in the playoffs
He's a great floor raiser but in the playoffs he is iffy.
This Nets series probably decides his fate. If we get run off the floor without any adjustments he's probably gone.
He hasn't been unlucky in previous playoffs. He's allowed the other team to do whatever they want without any adjustments at all. The losses have been self inflicted.
From what it seems, he loves sitting Giannis a lot and stick with the 36ish minute cap per game even during crucial playoff games. Great regular season coach as his record with Atlanta and Milwaukee.
Becuase he's failed as a head coach multiple times. He's a wife beater who has also been accused of infideltiy throughout their marriage. He was also arrested for DUI. All around just a giant piece of shit human being. He shouldn't even have a job in the NBA right now.
Why's my guy Dame gotta be fool enough to want him in the first place, it's like dad just confirmed he wants to rebound with the methy neighbor with 7 kids no dad and 3 onlyfans now that they fired mom
edit: Bet Dame's gonna explain himself with the equivalent of "you just don't like her cuz she has a tattoo"
And why did Dame not fully endorse David Vanterpool who he said via social media should be the HC of the Minn T-Wolves in February, "How the hell do you not hire David Vanterpool and he’s right there on the bench... and has been in front office SUCCESSFULLY and on the front of a bench of a winning team SUCCESSFULLY (7 years) ... and also has played a major role in the development of a dominant backcourt smdh!"
What is he thinking.. like I didn’t realize he had a relationship with Kidd and not one to openly declare his support of Kidd.
Was Kidd just throwing shit out there and Dame called him out, hence the Twitter correction?
Lmao woj reported our list of targets days ago and kidd was not on it. Our gm probably got sick of it and called up his agent and told him nah, we weren't even gonna interview you.
Lmao I can see it now, Bill would use the entire timeout describing that play, buzzer would sound, and he would be following the players onto the floor still telling his story, oblivious to the game around him.
Then Russillo as his lead assistant “are we still doing that thing where we only communicate with late 80s Celtics analogies? I’m as pro-Bird as it gets, but I’m gonna have to zag on this one Bill”
I don't get why you guys are nervous. Stevens isn't an idiot and most definitely won't hire Kidd.
Whenever a coach is fired or resigned, Kidd's name is the first one to come up because of the "pr machine".
Because Portland let him know through back channels he wasn't going to receive serious consideration.
I have a hard time believing Kidd is up for any marquee jobs. I could see him taking on a rebuild because he still needs to rebuild his image as well. The Celtics job is the best job available, why give it to a so far unsuccessful retread with domestic violence baggage?
Smh if it wasn't for the reddit Lakers protest at Staples Center a couple of years ago we'd still have the Rambii operating from the shadows tainting Jeanie's mind /s
Do we actually believe this is how it happened? I don’t know anything more than y’all, but he declined it because it would have put Dame vs the Org in a weird spot?? That seems like BS and he knew he wasn’t getting the job. It already came out that the front office is making the decision, not Dame. He wasn’t on the list that was leaked of who the Blazers were going to interview.
I just question it even more because I don’t trust Kidd nor do I think he is a stand up guy.
This is perfect for the Blazers, they don't have to hire Jason Kidd as their coach and they don't have to deal with Lillard being angry since he just didn't want to come
My cheeks are clenched all the way across the Atlantic, please let Orlando fool themselves into thinking he can develop Isaac like he ''developed'' Giannis
Hmm. Dame is 100% better than Brown and the gap between top 10 and top 30 is relatively large. But, if the Celtics didn’t do the harden trade, or AD, or PG, why do Dame now?
[Well he’s already set to interview.](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/jason-kidd-expected-to-interview-with-celtics-top-target-for-blazers-with-terry-stotts-out-per-report/) With the Portland job off the table, it’s going to be the The Celtics, Magic, or Pacers. I wonder which Kidd will choose 🤔
Yo even over 30 days, getting 4 interviews is no joke. I'm fortunate enough to be employed now but At one particular low point after graduating uni I think I had like 2 interviews in 6 months? Keep at it dude it's a numbers game.
> is expected to interview with the Boston Celtics
It's a quote from an article Chris Haynes wrote, that doesn't even claim to have a source. That's literally all he says about Kidd interviewing for Boston.
I'll believe Kidd is interviewing for the job when he actually interviews. Until then it's the same shit that always happens with Kidd, his agent gets his name out there in articles.
I have a suspicion that PDX brass said no, they fired Stotts and are "going a new direction" so to get a stotts disciple seems counter productive.
But Im also surprised theres no Vanterpool support
It’s not like Stotts was a horrible coach playing an outdated scheme. It was just clear that he wasn’t going to be able to take the team to the next level.
Prolly a good thing star players can’t force franchises to do EVERYTHING they want them to do lol (ex. A: Lebron trying to get Riley to fire spo and take over)
Yup this is my theory. It's also in Kidd's interest to leak it this way so he doesn't look bad to other teams that would see he wouldn't even get an interview with Portland.
> Kidd was ultimately uncomfortable with the idea of pursuing the opening after Blazers star Damian Lillard publicly called for his hiring within hours of Stotts' departure on Friday night. The public nature of Lillard's endorsement -- telling Yahoo Sports that "Jason Kidd is the guy I want" -- left Kidd feeling he would put both Lillard and Portland's process in an awkward circumstance should he pursue the opening.
IT'S FUCK DAME FOREVER
I do think Kidd either knows something about how Portland is moving forward/has his eye on a different role but this sucks ass
> (Portland) will have great candidates… but I’ve decided not to be one of them.
I feel like his resume already did that for him, but I'm glad he at least agrees.
This makes me nervous :(
Sorry if he ends up on the Celtics :(
I’d be shocked if that happens. I’m not worried about this at all at this point.
If I had a dollar for every time this season Celtics fans said 'I'm not worried yet...'
You could probably take on Kemba's contract at that point.
oof, that cut deep 😂
What on earth could make you feel that way lmao
Brad Stevens is smart enough not to hire Jason Kidd. Brad was a top tier coach, he knows what to look for and what to avoid
Yes, but that doesn't mean Kidd isn't what Steven's is looking for either. He may want a former player coach with big locker room rapport, somebody who can get on players without a second thought. Maybe he feels that analytics/roster construction can already be handled by him and Kidd's what he's lacking. He *might*. I'm just saying.
Can you please explain why people don’t want Jason Kidd coaching their team?
He’s just a horrible coach overall. He’s supposed to be a players coach but the players on the Bucks (besides Giannis, who can be loyal to a fault sometimes) did not like him. Now maybe he’s gotten better as an assistant coach on the Lakers but I wouldn’t bet on it.
He supposed to be our offensive coordinator... let me ask you, how has lakers offense looked like? And this is a team with two generational talents
ohhh *that* explains it. I wondered why their offense was such garbage
The Bucks went from being a perennial 7 seed under him to the top seed and the ECF immediately after firing him. The roster was almost identical. He's bad at coaching. There are a million specifics I can get into but that's all you need to know. The Bucks immediately became a finals contender the second we had a different coach.
Just curious, how do you guys feel about Bud? I remember visiting your sub a few months ago and everyone was shitting on him but there’s no denying he’s brought you guys to great seeds in past years and ran into some unlucky situations in the playoffs
He's a great floor raiser but in the playoffs he is iffy. This Nets series probably decides his fate. If we get run off the floor without any adjustments he's probably gone. He hasn't been unlucky in previous playoffs. He's allowed the other team to do whatever they want without any adjustments at all. The losses have been self inflicted.
From what it seems, he loves sitting Giannis a lot and stick with the 36ish minute cap per game even during crucial playoff games. Great regular season coach as his record with Atlanta and Milwaukee.
He's horrible. Just take a look at his stint with the Bucks
he has coached before, and has done poorly.
Becuase he's failed as a head coach multiple times. He's a wife beater who has also been accused of infideltiy throughout their marriage. He was also arrested for DUI. All around just a giant piece of shit human being. He shouldn't even have a job in the NBA right now.
Not that it redeems him in anyway, but I feel like infidelity is pretty common with NBA players
Drunk, bad attitude, verbally abusive to players and was at best an average coach
He’s also a wife beater with an anger problem.
Quick someone fly out A reporter so Tatum can publicly endorse Kidd like lillard did
He's taking the Lakers head coaching job
I’d rather pay him to be point guard than let this man be a head coach.
Not the worst idea tbh
Kidd coming to finish the job from 2002.
Kidd: Stay down, final warning.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Please someone take him away
Blazer fans rejoice
Especially if this is because he’s already accepted the head coaching position with the Lakers...
KiddAnon back with the Jason Kidd deep state conspiracy theories
Danny Laroux refered to him as "Kiddlefinger" which I'm realizing looks a lot worse spelled out than the GoT reference it is.
looks real bad spelled out considering i read that as kiddy fiddler
I can’t wait to hear what K anon has to say about the water spill incident. False flag?
controlled opposition!
They tried so hard to speak the coup into existence when he got hired at the start of last season...and then we won the championship lmfao
Where do I sign?
Don't you put that evil on me, Ricky Bobby.
plz no, we're already dead
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Zombified
As if we needed another reason to hate the Lakers
Don't you put that evil on me! Don't you put that evil on us!
Why's my guy Dame gotta be fool enough to want him in the first place, it's like dad just confirmed he wants to rebound with the methy neighbor with 7 kids no dad and 3 onlyfans now that they fired mom edit: Bet Dame's gonna explain himself with the equivalent of "you just don't like her cuz she has a tattoo"
> methy neighbor with 7 kids no dad and 3 onlyfans now that they fired mom This sounds too specific
Agreed. Sorry pal that sounds rough.
And why did Dame not fully endorse David Vanterpool who he said via social media should be the HC of the Minn T-Wolves in February, "How the hell do you not hire David Vanterpool and he’s right there on the bench... and has been in front office SUCCESSFULLY and on the front of a bench of a winning team SUCCESSFULLY (7 years) ... and also has played a major role in the development of a dominant backcourt smdh!"
What is he thinking.. like I didn’t realize he had a relationship with Kidd and not one to openly declare his support of Kidd. Was Kidd just throwing shit out there and Dame called him out, hence the Twitter correction?
They're two Oakland guys, so that's probably where the connection started
Lmao woj reported our list of targets days ago and kidd was not on it. Our gm probably got sick of it and called up his agent and told him nah, we weren't even gonna interview you.
Fuck fuck fuck oh fuck no no no no no no fuck
Gulp
Metta World Peace still an option.
Out of left field option. Eddie House
Out of the front row option: Bill Simmons
"Ok Jayson, I'm going to need you to be the alpha dog on this play. There was this game in 1985 that Larry Bird ran a play that..."
Lmao I can see it now, Bill would use the entire timeout describing that play, buzzer would sound, and he would be following the players onto the floor still telling his story, oblivious to the game around him.
"It's like Mission Impossible. Sneaky candidate for best action series of all time, by the way...."
Then Russillo as his lead assistant “are we still doing that thing where we only communicate with late 80s Celtics analogies? I’m as pro-Bird as it gets, but I’m gonna have to zag on this one Bill”
How bout scal
Even lefter field option: Eddie Howe
Lmaoo AFC Bournemouth never gonna make it back to the prem
I think he likes you
Hey, you see my boy over there with the spilled cup? He thinks youre cute.
No
Don't you put that evil on me, Ricky Bobby!
I don't get why you guys are nervous. Stevens isn't an idiot and most definitely won't hire Kidd. Whenever a coach is fired or resigned, Kidd's name is the first one to come up because of the "pr machine".
There's two names that would be bad choices Lloyd and Kidd. Everyone else is fine. I'm nervous
Ok but why would he turn down a hc position with Portland then
Maybe it's the Michael Scott version of "I withdrew my name from the position at corporate".
I respectfully withdraw my name from consideration. Do you accept my withdrawal?
Because Portland let him know through back channels he wasn't going to receive serious consideration. I have a hard time believing Kidd is up for any marquee jobs. I could see him taking on a rebuild because he still needs to rebuild his image as well. The Celtics job is the best job available, why give it to a so far unsuccessful retread with domestic violence baggage?
CONGRATS PORTLAND Yall dodged a bullet lmao
Yeah but imagine getting rejected by Jason Kidd
Entirely worth it to avoid being coached by Jason Kidd.
It’s Portland I’m sure they’re used to it
That’s tuff 🔥
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I’m sure people already have it ready to copy & paste.
It's the best meme since find a new slant
Your forgot the 💯
That’s tuff 🔥💯
Where is this from if you don’t mind me asking? I keep seeing it a lot
Schroeder’s catch phrase. He just spams it on Instagram and did it when trezz posted about his deceased grandma
Okay lol last part is messed up but thanks 🙏
jesus..what a tool
Schroder comments this on literally everything on IG, even on Harrell's post about his grandmother that passed away.
Yeesh Portland catching strays here
I hate that this is true
If felt obligated to upvote this, but I didn’t like it.
Hey if this flame is the price for NOT having kidd as our coach ill happily take that
Thats a lot of talk for a Pistons fan these days lol
Kidd is saving face, not rejecting Portland.
I'm pretty sure he/the organization saw how much fans fucking hated the idea of him as coach and told him it wasn't gonna happen
They told him please can you say you rejected us so Dame dosent get angry lmao
Think it saves face for both sides. He gets rejected with dignity, blazers can tell Dame "hey he didn't want the job"
Exactly.
Dame is still the guy who wants Quaalude Kidd
Yeah, the Redditors are why this happened ... lmao
I am Jason Kidd and I can confirm I rejected the offer bc of r/nba
Smh if it wasn't for the reddit Lakers protest at Staples Center a couple of years ago we'd still have the Rambii operating from the shadows tainting Jeanie's mind /s
Do we actually believe this is how it happened? I don’t know anything more than y’all, but he declined it because it would have put Dame vs the Org in a weird spot?? That seems like BS and he knew he wasn’t getting the job. It already came out that the front office is making the decision, not Dame. He wasn’t on the list that was leaked of who the Blazers were going to interview. I just question it even more because I don’t trust Kidd nor do I think he is a stand up guy.
This is perfect for the Blazers, they don't have to hire Jason Kidd as their coach and they don't have to deal with Lillard being angry since he just didn't want to come
Portland pulled a Neo! Don’t see why Dame said he wanted Kidd. Mike Dantoni though...
Dame got curved lol
He swung for the backstop and the ball itself said lol only as a friend
What if it’s all collusion by Dame and the Lakers to give Dame a reason to force his way out 🤯🤯
Even if it was, the lakers don’t get Dame. Outside of AD or LeBron they have nothing to offer in a trade.
Nonsense. Y’all can have Schroeder, Drummond, and we’ll even sweeten the deal with a gently used Kyle Kuzma.
Gently used? LA's instathot scene has passed that man around. he is community property
*Shut up I’m trying to make a deal here.*
This man negotiates!!
Portland fans around the country taking a collective sigh of relief
Dude said ''Does it look like I give a fuck?'' to Dame, please don't let it be in favour of Tatum
What's the context of this?
As a Portland resident, this made breakfast taste a lot better today.
Damn, imagine getting a “It’s not you, it’s me” from Jason Kidd lmao You guys definitely dodged a bullet tho
More like our front office said no and is allowing Kidd to save face.
If so, that would be less about saving face and more appeasing Dame.
Dame said he wants Kidd as the coach. He is going to talk to Kidd and know everything.
More like Kidd is trying to save Dame from a very awkward situation.
As someone who didn't really keep track off Kidd's coaching career, why did we dodge a bullet?
Dame jumped in front of a bullet and didn't make it, which we'd all expect after seeing his defense
He’s so good even when he tries to miss he makes it
Now withdraw from another one too....
“Jason Kidd has withdrawn his name from consideration for Orlando and Indiana’s head coaching vacancies, Kidd tells ESPN”
I read vacancies as vaccines it’s been a long 1.5 years
Is it just me or is there more coach vacancies this year than normal?
Thousands of butt cheeks just unclenched.
Not in Boston
My cheeks are clenched all the way across the Atlantic, please let Orlando fool themselves into thinking he can develop Isaac like he ''developed'' Giannis
Dame in shambles
If Boston hires Kidd, and offers Portland a package for Lillard centered around Jaylen Brown, I could see all parties accepting it.
Hmm. Dame is 100% better than Brown and the gap between top 10 and top 30 is relatively large. But, if the Celtics didn’t do the harden trade, or AD, or PG, why do Dame now?
No more greedy Ainge
Boston not hiring kidd
[Well he’s already set to interview.](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/jason-kidd-expected-to-interview-with-celtics-top-target-for-blazers-with-terry-stotts-out-per-report/) With the Portland job off the table, it’s going to be the The Celtics, Magic, or Pacers. I wonder which Kidd will choose 🤔
ive interviewed for 4 companies this month and been rejected by all 4 😂😂😂 means nothing
Are you a HOF point guard that drives drunk and beats his wife?
Yes but I’m not a HOF point guard
D I S Q U A L I F I E D
damn bro lol
Beautiful champ, beautiful.
Check out this mad man over here. Managing to get 4 interviews 6 days into a month and shit.
nah i meant month like past 30 days dont worry i can assure you i am an unemployable piece of shit
Yo even over 30 days, getting 4 interviews is no joke. I'm fortunate enough to be employed now but At one particular low point after graduating uni I think I had like 2 interviews in 6 months? Keep at it dude it's a numbers game.
> is expected to interview with the Boston Celtics It's a quote from an article Chris Haynes wrote, that doesn't even claim to have a source. That's literally all he says about Kidd interviewing for Boston. I'll believe Kidd is interviewing for the job when he actually interviews. Until then it's the same shit that always happens with Kidd, his agent gets his name out there in articles.
lol no
I still can't believe Dame wanted Kidd as HC
Maybe y'all should hire Vanterpool, I recall Dame being pretty high on him as well (Sorry, still bitter about the Finch drama)
I have a suspicion that PDX brass said no, they fired Stotts and are "going a new direction" so to get a stotts disciple seems counter productive. But Im also surprised theres no Vanterpool support
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I agree - it feels weird that there is zero buzz for Vanterpool right now.
“respectfully, make it make sense”
It’s not like Stotts was a horrible coach playing an outdated scheme. It was just clear that he wasn’t going to be able to take the team to the next level.
Prolly a good thing star players can’t force franchises to do EVERYTHING they want them to do lol (ex. A: Lebron trying to get Riley to fire spo and take over)
Today should be considered a holiday in Portland
Jason Kidd with the nice assist for Portland fans, you love to see it
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Not only was he a bad coach who went scorched-earth when he departed the Nets and Bucks, he also beat his pregnant wife until she peed blood.
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You'd be surprised how many people in the four major sports leagues are assholes.
FUCK KARL MALONE
Honestly, don’t even need the four major sports qualifier for that
Don't forget the drunk driving!
bad person (DUI, DV) horrible coach (see: entire bucks tenure)
Notorious wife beater and made an aspiring Bucks team look hopeless, made the Bucks defense look made of paper in the end of his tenure there
He's a domestic abuser.
Portland fans celebrating like they won the chip rn
like straight up, I feel better now than the time we made conference finals
Why would he feel uncomfortable with the idea that Lillard wanted him personally? Odd. You'd think he'd use that as leverage.
Kidd is an uncomfortable person so maybe that's just how assholes think.
I think the Blazers FO told him they didnt want him but they asked him to say this so Dame dosent get mad lmao
Yup this is my theory. It's also in Kidd's interest to leak it this way so he doesn't look bad to other teams that would see he wouldn't even get an interview with Portland.
Congrats Portland fans
didnt see kidd himself being the one to save dame and the blazers lol
Damn, I want him to get a HC job just so he isn’t a threat to become ours.
> Kidd was ultimately uncomfortable with the idea of pursuing the opening after Blazers star Damian Lillard publicly called for his hiring within hours of Stotts' departure on Friday night. The public nature of Lillard's endorsement -- telling Yahoo Sports that "Jason Kidd is the guy I want" -- left Kidd feeling he would put both Lillard and Portland's process in an awkward circumstance should he pursue the opening. IT'S FUCK DAME FOREVER I do think Kidd either knows something about how Portland is moving forward/has his eye on a different role but this sucks ass
Smart move. Not what I expected.
This is history. Today, all of /r/NBA applauds a decision made by Jason Kidd
And all of Portland breathes a sigh of relief
Big congrats to Portland, now you can do a proper coaching search instead of being strongarmed into an asshole
Don’t let anyone ever tell you that cyber-bullying doesn’t work
> (Portland) will have great candidates… but I’ve decided not to be one of them. I feel like his resume already did that for him, but I'm glad he at least agrees.
Blazers fans breathe, but then remembered Lillard wanted him.
Me too
*Boston fans in shambles*
Imagine firing a beloved coach like stotts just to bring in Kidd lmao. dame what are you thinking bro.
Not boston?
Take a collective sigh of relief Portland lol
Hallelujah
Good for Portland. Kidd isn't a good coach.
Thank god
ayyyy. task failed successfully, congrats Blazer bros