Coach Jason Kidd signed a multiyear contract extension with the Dallas Mavericks, the staff introduced Tuesday.
Phrases of the extension weren’t disclosed.
“Our total group deeply appreciates Coach Kidd’s management, focus and constructive vitality,” staff governor Patrick Dumont stated in an announcement. “Coach Kidd embodies all the pieces our group desires in a frontrunner, and I’m blissful he will probably be right here for a few years to come back. We’re assured that he’ll proceed to guide our staff in a considerate and principled method as we pursue our objective of bringing championships to town of Dallas.”
The extension comes within the wake of robust curiosity in Kidd from the New York Knicks earlier than they employed Mike Brown to fill their teaching emptiness.
The Mavericks declined to offer the Knicks permission to interview Kidd, who has a 179-149 file throughout his four-year stint in Dallas. The Mavericks have made runs to the 2022 Western Convention finals and 2024 NBA Finals underneath Kidd.
“I am grateful for the assumption that Patrick and [GM] Nico [Harrison] have in me, and the belief we have constructed whereas working collectively to assemble a staff that Dallas might be happy with,” Kidd stated in an announcement. “We’ve an excellent group of gamers right here who love basketball, are proficient and coachable. … It is much more particular that I can proceed to teach the staff that drafted me, and the place I used to be capable of win a title as a participant. I am wanting ahead to what’s forward and persevering with to work towards bringing one other championship again to Dallas.”
Kidd’s earlier contract extension got here throughout Dallas’ 2024 playoff run, when the Los Angeles Lakers had curiosity in interviewing him.
