Jason Kidd Although he displays a calm attitude, he sometimes raises his voice at the same time. ESPN journalist Tim MacMahon witnessed it last night, after the game won by the Mavs at the expense of the Rockets.
A close end to the match marked the successive exploits of Luka Doncic (41 points) and Kyrie Irving (27 points). At a press conference, the journalist in question questions the Texan coach on this question of “clutch time” which had sometimes posed a problem last season, despite the arrival of the former Nets leader. Adding that the dynamics in this area this season are much better.
An insufficient addition not to irritate the coach. “ Tim, maybe these are things that you thought would happen from day one, that you thought would succeed from the start. But it takes time. It’s okay to fail. It’s not a bad thing to fail as an athlete, because you can learn from it », Jason Kidd begins by responding quite calmly.
He can’t go back to last year
According to the latter, the two players mentioned above “ are the best in the world and we are very comfortable when they have the ball. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t, but we learn from it. And they answered that question right from the start. As you said, it’s one of the best, if not the best, duo in hot moments. »
The technician considers that the journalists did “ it’s a story » of this question last year.
“ But you don’t make a big deal out of it this year because everything is fine. So, write positive things, dammit. » The journalist, whose accreditation was taken from him by the Mavs in 2016intervenes by assuring that it was a simple question.
To which Jason Kidd responds, with a smirk: “ And I’ll give you a fucking answer. It’s good to write positive things. People will read them. There is no need to always be negative. The world is negative enough already, isn’t it? Let’s see positive things about positive people who do their job every night. We are only at the beginning of the year, we cannot go back to last year. That’s the fucking problem. Have a nice evening. »
With that, the Mavs coach, who had failed to bring his team to the playoffs last year, leaves the room.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Luka Doncic | 16 | 35.1 | 48.7 | 39.4 | 76.5 | 0.6 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 30.5 |
| Kyrie Irving | 13 | 33.0 | 47.8 | 39.8 | 88.9 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 24.4 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 16 | 27.9 | 42.5 | 38.5 | 89.2 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 17.1 |
| Grant Williams | 16 | 29.5 | 46.0 | 44.4 | 57.1 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 10.4 |
| Derrick Jones | 16 | 21.7 | 47.1 | 36.7 | 70.0 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 8.3 |
| Derek Lively II | 14 | 24.1 | 69.4 | 0.0 | 63.6 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 7.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 8.1 |
| Josh Green | 16 | 24.5 | 42.1 | 35.6 | 50.0 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 6.8 |
| Jaden Hardy | 13 | 10.9 | 38.7 | 30.3 | 73.9 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 6.5 |
| Dwight Powell | 15 | 15.7 | 72.4 | 100.0 | 77.8 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 4.7 |
| Dante Exum | 15 | 10.3 | 49.2 | 20.0 | 57.1 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 4.3 |
| Maxi Kleber | 5 | 18.1 | 25.0 | 33.3 | 60.0 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 3.4 |
| Seth Curry | 12 | 9.1 | 39.4 | 26.3 | 85.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 3.1 |
| Richaun Holmes | 7 | 10.7 | 47.4 | 0.0 | 37.5 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 3.0 |
| Olivier-maxence Prosper | 7 | 5.8 | 30.8 | 12.5 | 50.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
| Markieff Morris | 2 | 4.6 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
