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Kidas is officially confirmed as the head coach of the Dallas ‘Mavericks’

Kristaps Porzins National Basketball Association (NBA) team Dallas “Mavericks“has signed a contract with the new head coach Jason Kid, the club announced on Monday.

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It has already been reported that The Dallas Morning News viewer Brad Townsend wrote on Twitter that the two sides had reached an oral agreement, although a formal agreement has not yet been reached.

On June 17, the long-term head coach of the “Mavericks” resigned Riks Kārlailswho has already been approved to work in Indiana “Pacers” a team.

“Dallas has meant a lot to me as a player, and I want to thank club owner Mark Kuban for the opportunity to return to the team as head coach,” Kids said. “I’m excited to start working with this young, hungry and incredibly talented team and continue to build a winning legacy for the Mavericks.”

The kids, who were drafted with the second number by the Mavericks in 1994, were replaced three years later, and in 2008 re-attached to the team.

In the club’s 42-year history, Kids has become the tenth head coach.

For the past two seasons, the 48-year-old Kids has worked for the Los Angeles Lakers as an assistant coach, becoming the NBA champion in the summer of 2020.

Prior to that, he ran Milwaukee from 2014 to 2018. “BucksUntil he was fired. With Kid at the wheel, the Bucks won by 139 and suffered 152 losses, reaching twice the elimination tournament.

During his NBA career, Kids played in five units. Individually, Kids spent the most brilliant years in the Nets of New Jersey from 2001 to 2008, when they achieved both their own performance record (18.7 points per season on average) and their record on assists (8.2 passes per season on average).

In 2011, the Kids along with the Mavericks triumphed in the NBA Championship, but in 2000 and 2008 became the Olympic champion.

The Dallas team has not overcome the first round of play-offs in the last ten years.

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