Jesus Jason Kidd just kind of seems like a shitty person. We aren't privy to the entire timeline of events but it doesn't take a genius to figure out Kidd had this fallback option, a team that just happened to have drafted Jabari Parker, before he made his power play.
The whole thing is sort of disingenuous and reminds me of the Doc Rivers situation, minus the emotional self-righteous bent. Both abandoned crumbling infrastructures at exactly the moment it didn't work for them anymore. And both were in jobs they were lucky to have in the first place(Rivers was considered a mediocre to subpar coach before being gifted the Big Three). Kidd knew exactly what he was signing up for in Brooklyn.
Really sucks for Larry Drew. Taking a man's livelihood is no joke. Pretty low. Kidd's an All-time great Mav and great player. Will be forever grateful for 2011. But everything about the guy screams scumbag.
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