Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Miami Heat didn't go as planned for Jason Kidd and the Brooklyn Nets, but the always calm head coach is keeping his poise ahead of Thursday's Game 2. Facing a well-rested Miami squad, Brooklyn was blasted 107-86 to start the [...]
Still less than a year removed from the final games of his playing career, Jason Kidd is more well-positioned than most coaches to understand the grind of a playoff series and what it takes to keep players fresh for the games that follow. So when his Brooklyn Nets came out [...]
On Tuesday night in Miami, Coach Jason Kidd's Nets begin a playoff series that will serve as the ultimate test for a rookie coach and his roster, a battle with the two-time NBA defending champion Miami Heat. Since Miami began its current run with the additions of LeBron James and [...]
With his team down 26 points to the Toronto Raptors late in the third quarter of a pivotal Game 5, Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd had a decision to make. Coach Kidd could have turned the game over to his reserves and given his starters some rest as the team [...]
Of the four times the Brooklyn Nets met the Toronto Raptors, three of those games were decided by small margins in the final seconds. So when Coach Jason Kidd’s squad drew the Raptors in the first round of the playoffs, he knew they would be in for a battle that [...]
In their first playoff game with a new coach and two veterans with decades of playoff experience, the Brooklyn Nets showed the toughness and mettle the franchise lacked in last year’s failed playoff run. Jason Kidd got his first playoff win as the wily Nets survived everything the Toronto Raptors [...]
With his playoff debut as a head coach just days away, Jason Kidd sat down with BrooklynNets.com reporter Lenn Robbins for an exclusive one-on-one. Before jumping into basketball, the two talked about where J-Kidd would like to improve his golf game, and about his dream to play Augusta National, the [...]
As the Brooklyn Nets finished off their regular season on Wednesday night in Cleveland, much remained unknown about where and when they would begin their postseason. But rather than push his starters in the season’s 82nd game in an effort to secure the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference, [...]
Forty-eight hours after the longest home winning streak in franchise history was snapped, Coach Jason Kidd’s Brooklyn Nets began a new one. The Nets bounced back from a Friday night loss to the Atlanta Hawks that ended their franchise-best streak at 15 games with a 97-88 victory over the Orlando [...]
When Jason Kidd took the job as coach of the Brooklyn Nets, he did so with the knowledge that much of his team’s gameplan would center around its All-Star center, Brook Lopez. However, when Lopez went down with a season-ending injury, the plan changed. With Lopez gone and just Andray [...]