The Dallas Mavericks could be taking a page out of the book of Brad Stevens and the Boston Celtics.
Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd is “very interested” in becoming the team’s new general manager, Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated reported this week on FanDuel TV’s “Run It Back.” Mannix added that Kidd is “very well-respected” in Dallas and is also “very well-liked by ownership.”
The Mavericks are looking for a new full-time GM after firing Nico Harrison last November (with Michael Finley and Matt Riccardi serving as Dallas’ co-interim GMs in the meantime). A couple of weeks ago, we heard that there were four particular candidates emerging for the Mavericks GM job.
As for Kidd, 53, he has served as Dallas’ head coach since 2021. Over that span, he has gone 204-204 (.500) but did lead the Mavericks to a Western Conference Finals berth in 2022 followed by an NBA Finals berth in 2024.
That said, Kidd clearly has longstanding interest in front-office work. He once made a power play to lead basketball operations with the Brooklyn Nets back in 2014 and later served as the de facto GM of the Milwaukee Bucks (eventually clashing with the team over personnel decisions).
The wild card for Dallas will be if this Hail Mary candidate can be lured in to serve as their new lead executive. But it is starting to look like a very real possibility that Kidd could potentially move from the Mavericks bench to the Mavericks front office, which would also create a frenzy leaguewide by opening up another NBA coaching job.
