12-20-2021, 11:37 AM
(12-20-2021, 11:15 AM)mavsluvr Wrote: There was nothing at all about that interview that gave me any feeling at all that Nico has a vision for the team, or is leading a charge out of the dark and into the light.
He seemed a little nervous, like he was mostly trying not to say something wrong. His goal, if he had one, seemed to be to establish that he is still in a learning stage. Some of the things he did say seemed a little odd, given the situation. Throwing shade at Brunson for emphasizing his own scoring over getting shots for others, for example. Or that the players are "just beginning to understand" that Kidd actually knows something about basketball. Sounded sort of like repeating stuff he had heard in other contexts.
I understand the hopeful takes that this is all next-level genius, and Nico is intentionally hiding his light under a barrel. I don't know, I don't really buy all the nine-dimensional chess speculation. It seems like they're just flailing around, and don't know what to do.
Yeah it was weird. One of the first things he said was he is getting use to all the travel. It seems like he has been mostly traveling with the team. I could maybe better understand if he was traveling scouting, but it appears he is just hanging out with the team. It just seemed odd when the question was asked how he was growing into the job.
I also agree with Omahen about about the farce about needing a certain amount of time for observations. Whether there is a move to be made or not, it is not that complicated. At one point, I was actually pretty satisfied Kidd was pretty deliberate with his rotations. I am past that now. The Mavs have limited options, but I am surprised we have not seen more changes with our limitations. I know Nico was hired late and I understand Kidd wanted to see the roster in his system. But frankly most of these answers should have been made prior to FA, for the most part. There are years of film on most of the current players....most of them playing for the Mavs.