Brooklyn Nets head coach Jason Kidd is off to a poor start in his head coaching career with his team at the bottom of the Atlantic Division with a horrendous 3-9 win-loss card. But his former employer, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, wishes the future Hall of Famer good luck while indicating that he no longer harbors ill-feelings with his franchise's erstwhile star point guard.
Kidd had a falling-out with the Mavs owner after he left Dallas to sign up with the New York Knicks in 2012. Cuban didn't like how Kidd left as the now Nets coach verbally committed to re-sign with the team only to change his mind and accept a three-year, $9-million offer from the Knicks.
"I hope Jason does well," Cuban told ESPN.com. "I really do. I mean, we had a little falling out, but that's behind us. That was a one-year grudge. It's over."
Cuban also withdrew his earlier vow that the franchise will never retire Kidd's jersey, acknowledging that the player was the spiritual leader of their 2011 championship team. "I just have to decide how to do it, because there's a lot of guys from those years' teams," Cuban said. "While J. Kidd is a Hall of Famer, he wasn't really a Hall of Famer who spent most of his career here. He had some great years here, but so did a lot of guys."
Kidd started his career in Dallas as the Mav's first pick in the 1993 NBA draft behind Glenn Robinson. He was traded to the Phoenix Suns after two and half seasons and spent his best years with the New Jersey Nets. In 2008, he returned to Dallas via a trade and played a big role in the Mav's upset of the heavily-favored Miami Heat in the 2011 NBA finals.
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