MAVS NEWS:

[F Gump]

Pass that to me when you are done...

Seriously though, I hope you are right, but I haven't really seen anything over Kidd's tenure that screems secret sauce that is game changing.

We'll see. 

I think you may be overlooking how much Kidd deferred to Luka's preferences (as well he should have) and the significant change we kept seeing every time Luka was out for a period of time. It kept being a surprise how well they would play without him, and how different they looked. 

Pace and pressure offense and defense were hallmarks of Kidd's own game, and made a HUGE difference, but they didn't suit Luka at all, and those are ways to change a game considerably if you have the athleticism to pull it off. I think this team has that in spades - in particular, the insertion of Flagg into the mix gives them the potential to be super fast and super aggressive. And along with the different players, there's a set of highly-skilled coaches to design that new style.