Thread: Fire Kidd
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Old 03-14-2023, 10:28 AM   #116
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The two main reasons for the Mavs poor record are:
1). Poorly constructed roster
2). Dumbass Coach

To a large extent it is both 1 and 2, but Kidd's poor coaching is by far the biggest contributor. If you look at the roster with fresh eyes you can now see Green and Hardy are capable of making major contributions. This translates into a playoff ready team that should be competitive. The center position is by far the weakest but a good coach would be able to address that with a "center by committee" approach where each option gets some burn every night but the PT distribution is determined by the opponent and specific matchups. This is not a terrible roster:

Guards - Luka, Kyrie, Green, Hardy
SF - Bullock, Holiday, Hardaway
PF - Wood, Morris
C - Kleber, McGee, Powell
Deep Bench - Bertans, Frank, Pinson

The talent with that roster is more than enough to be competitive in the West this year, but Kidd is just incompetent. He would rather play mind games with the players and media than actually coach basketball. He might be having fun, but the Mavs fandom is most certainly not enjoying this ride.
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