“Jason Kidd is not really popular on Twitter… Yes, but Twitter is not reality. » This exchange between a journalist and Mark Cuban rather sums up the feeling of the owner of the Mavs concerning his coach.
Because with the recent tumble of the Texans, who could be on vacation early Sunday evening, the question of the future of Jason Kidd may arise. The former coach never having succeeded, his experience in Milwaukee has already shown it, to chain two good seasons in a row…
But like the Wizards did with Wes Unseld Jr., Mark Cuban is already confirming Jason Kidd for next season, and even absolving him of the blame for Dallas’ failures.
“There is no reason to change”, assures the owner for the official franchise website. “I don’t think Jason is the problem. It’s more me the concern. We don’t have an identity and I couldn’t adapt to the changes: the “take fouls”, the speed of the game. We didn’t do the things necessary to keep our defensive level. »
In addition, Mark Cuban has confirmed his desire to extend Kyrie Irving during the offseason. He takes the opportunity to paint a positive portrait of his agreement with the 2016 champion.
“I would love to have Kyrie and I want him to stay for sure,” he announces for the Dallas Morning News. “And I think we have our chances. I think he’s happy here, he told me, and I get on well with him. All I can say is that everything I thought I knew about Kyrie, because of everything I’ve read, is 100% wrong. It has nothing to do with what I read. I got to know him, I like him. He is different, he is not like all the others, not like all the other athletes and for me that is a positive point. »
The franchise owner even pointed out that retaining the playmaker will be the Mavericks’ summer priority. And for another free player this summer, Christian Wood, who has been losing momentum for a few weeks, is it the same? “I’m not going to do all the players individually”, dismissed Mark Cuban. Atmosphere…
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Luka Doncic | 64 | 36.6 | 49.8 | 34.7 | 74.2 | 0.8 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 32.8 |
| Kyrie Irving | 19 | 37.9 | 51.0 | 37.7 | 94.6 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 26.7 |
| Spencer Dinwiddie | 53 | 34.1 | 45.5 | 40.5 | 82.1 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 17.7 |
| Christian Wood | 66 | 26.0 | 51.9 | 37.5 | 77.1 | 1.3 | 6.1 | 7.4 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 16.7 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 70 | 30.2 | 39.9 | 38.2 | 76.5 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 14.2 |
| Dorian Finney Smith | 40 | 32.2 | 41.6 | 35.5 | 75.0 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 9.1 |
| Josh Green | 59 | 25.6 | 53.3 | 39.8 | 72.3 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 9.1 |
| jade hardy | 45 | 14.4 | 43.8 | 41.8 | 81.8 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 8.5 |
| Kemba Walker | 9 | 16.0 | 42.1 | 25.0 | 81.0 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 8.0 |
| Reggie Bullock | 76 | 30.4 | 40.9 | 37.9 | 70.3 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 7.3 |
| Dwight Powell | 74 | 19.4 | 73.1 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 6.8 |
| Maxi Kléber | 36 | 25.4 | 45.8 | 35.5 | 70.3 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 6.0 |
| Javale Mcgee | 40 | 8.5 | 63.0 | 25.0 | 59.0 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 4.4 |
| Davis Bertans | 43 | 10.4 | 42.1 | 38.7 | 83.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 4.1 |
| Justin Holiday | 16 | 15.3 | 37.3 | 31.1 | 71.4 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 3.9 |
| Mckinley Wright Iv | 25 | 11.3 | 47.3 | 31.8 | 68.8 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 3.5 |
| Tyler Dorsey | 3 | 2.8 | 80.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| Aj Lawson | 12 | 5.1 | 48.0 | 43.8 | 33.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.7 |
| Frank Ntilikina | 45 | 11.8 | 36.0 | 25.0 | 70.4 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 2.6 |
| Markieff Morris | 6 | 5.8 | 50.0 | 42.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| Chris Silva | 1 | 3.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Theo Pinson | 38 | 6.6 | 32.8 | 34.1 | 81.8 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 8 | 6.5 | 23.1 | 27.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
