Speaker 1: Give me that news quickie.
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, yeah. So last night Sean Sharnie of ESPN
Speaker 2: reported that the Knicks had still not reached out, and
Speaker 2: then this morning that changed. The Knicks this morning apparently
Speaker 2: gave the MAVs a call. They had them on speed dial,
Speaker 2: and the MAVs, this is in an article, firmly rejected
Speaker 2: the Knicks request to speak with Jason.
Speaker 3: Okay, how firmly.
Speaker 2: That's the thing that they're going to have to text
Speaker 2: Jason directly if they want to talk to him.
Speaker 3: Here's what I.
Speaker 1: Might take away from this. I'm shocked that the Knicks
Speaker 1: decided to fire their coach, who had been more successful
Speaker 1: than any coach they've had in recent history, and then
Speaker 1: didn't have a plan. It seems like that was an
Speaker 1: emotional decision because they reached out to the Timberwolves to
Speaker 1: see if they could talk to Finch. They got declined,
Speaker 1: they were denied. They reached out to the Rockets to
Speaker 1: speak to Yudoka. The Rockets are like, yeah, no, thank you,
Speaker 1: you're denied. And now they've reached out to the Mavericks
Speaker 1: and Maverters like no, we're good. So they're just they
Speaker 1: fired their coach without a plan.
Speaker 3: I have some theories on this, some thoughts on this.
Speaker 3: So this feels very much like James Dolan, who is
Speaker 3: probably the most hated sports executive by a fan base
Speaker 3: anywhere in all of sports.
Speaker 2: He also co owns the sphere.
Speaker 3: I chout, yes, and do you know who? He does
Speaker 3: a lot of business with a lot of business with
Speaker 3: that factors into this story that we're talking.
Speaker 2: About President Clinton. Who would it be?
Speaker 3: I don't know, Patrick Dumont, thank you. They do a
Speaker 3: ton of business together. They're old friends. So as we
Speaker 3: start talking about, you know, so you know, the the
Speaker 3: Knicks were firmly rebuffed or whatever. They probably reached out
Speaker 3: James Dolan probably reached out to Patrick. They probably had
Speaker 3: a conversation. And then this is your new story.
Speaker 2: That's the rockets of the Tea Wolves as well as
Speaker 2: well for their coaches, who are more coveted than Jason Kidd.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and so let me just say that everything about
Speaker 3: this when you look at Leon Rose is okay. So again,
Speaker 3: there's all these ways in which this is connected. There's
Speaker 3: Rick Brunson, Jalen Brunson's dad, who had been on Tom
Speaker 3: Thibodeau's staff for many years, and he got involved in
Speaker 3: some sexual misconduct allegations, which I don't want to I'm
Speaker 3: not saying whatever happened. I'm just saying that was a fact,
Speaker 3: and he was not coaching for a while because of that. Okay.
Speaker 3: So then while he was doing other things and his
Speaker 3: son was playing here in Dallas, Thibodeau went from Minnesota
Speaker 3: to eventually a job in New York. And you guys,
Speaker 3: remember the Knicks got slapped on the wrist for tampering.
Speaker 3: They've already tampered with the Dallas Mavericks and Leon Rose
Speaker 3: tampered with Rick Brunson and Jalen Brunson in the league,
Speaker 3: took a second round pick away from them. So that's
Speaker 3: already happened. So to take it one step further, the
Speaker 3: owner of the Knicks is friends with the owner of
Speaker 3: the Mavericks. Okay, they're friends that do business together that
Speaker 3: had nothing to do with basketball in the past. So
Speaker 3: all of this is very incestuous. And we talk about
Speaker 3: tampering and what it means. I would be shocked if
Speaker 3: Jason Kidd has not been texting with Leon Rose already. Now,
Speaker 3: whatever that means or doesn't mean, I'm not saying kids
Speaker 3: interested in the job are not. But this is the
Speaker 3: way all of this business happens in the NBA. They're
Speaker 3: all texting one another, they're all talking, and if they
Speaker 3: get busted for tampering, they give up a second round pick.
Speaker 1: And he should be everybody, every coach should keep pipelines
Speaker 1: and bridges built to other opportunities. Absolutely, coaches are hired
Speaker 1: to be fired. That's not a permanent job. And you
Speaker 1: still got to keep working, so you're always networking. So
Speaker 1: if I was Jason Kidd, I'd be like, Hey, this
Speaker 1: is awesome. The Knicks want me, Mavericks, give me a
Speaker 1: better deal, give me more power, or give me more money,
Speaker 1: give me more stability, or let me talk to them.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and keep in mind being he just got a
Speaker 3: contract extra last year, I'm saying because the Lakers were
Speaker 3: coming after him to replace Darvin Ham because he won
Speaker 3: a title with the Lakers as an assistant coach. He
Speaker 3: had already been on that staff. So that's when him
Speaker 3: and Nico got extensions after you know, last summer, after
Speaker 3: the finals run. So he's already gotten an extension. Uh.
Speaker 3: And again, the Mavericks don't have to do anything, just
Speaker 3: like Houston didn't do anything, and Minnesota didn't do anything.
Speaker 3: And and I will say to me, the best source
Speaker 3: on any of this is Mark Stein. Yes, and Mark
Speaker 3: Stein has put out there in no uncertain terms, Jason
Speaker 3: Kidd is not quote unquote angling for this job, right.
Speaker 1: I want to say this. I like Jason Kidd as
Speaker 1: a coach. I think you just I don't know if
Speaker 1: he wanted Luca to be traded or not. I know
Speaker 1: that I've heard different things on that. Yeah, but I
Speaker 1: know that this team didn't quit on him. They kept
Speaker 1: trying as hard as they could and he didn't quit.
Speaker 1: He didn't punt, and that's extremely valuable. And the fact
Speaker 1: that all these other teams won him it's probably a
Speaker 1: sign that he's pretty respected. And I know that the
Speaker 1: superstars on this team respect him. So I want him
Speaker 1: to stay.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and let me say this too, but the way
Speaker 3: they're currently constructed, and then we'll move on, I want
Speaker 3: Kid to stay as the coach too. If they were
Speaker 3: gonna let Kid go, then you could start convincing me
Speaker 3: to tear the thing down.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 3: I don't want that. Okay. I have called games during
Speaker 3: a teardown, so just personally speaking, I ain't interested in
Speaker 3: that but you can change the way I feel about
Speaker 3: things if you start going in a different direction structurally. Yeah.
Speaker 1: If they wanted to get rid of an Eco as
Speaker 1: well and start trading their veterans and go to a
Speaker 1: different right, Yeah, But I'd rather stay keep this train
Speaker 1: on the tracks. I like where it's going now that
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