The Coach Kidd rookie season countdown continues with an enormous road win by Jason's squad over the defending champion Miami Heat amid a torrid month of March. No. 4: March 12, 2014 — Nets Hold Off Heat in South Beach Thriller Heading into a March 12th meeting with the Heat in [...]
Over the course of the offseason, we'll be counting down the five best games from Jason Kidd's first season as a the head coach of the Brooklyn Nets. First on the list: the triumph of Jason's squad in his first ever playoff appearance as a coach. No. 5: Nets' Vets [...]
Like his play on the court over a 19-year NBA career, Jason Kidd’s first year as a NBA coach elicited many adjectives from onlookers. Oftentimes tumultuous, Jason’s rookie coaching season began as a roller coaster ride. During the first two months of the season, his team reached new depths of [...]
Going into Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Miami Heat on Wednesday night, Coach Jason Kidd expected aggression and desperation out of his Brooklyn Nets. With their season on the line, he got that from his team as they took a near-double-digit lead into the closing [...]
It’s not in Jason Kidd’s makeup to panic in a tough situation. His calm demeanor got his Brooklyn Nets through a rough start to this season, after many left them for dead, and through to the playoffs. So when his Nets went down 0-2 to the Miami Heat in the [...]
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 [...]