MAVS NEWS:

[F Gump]

Yes. 

Here's the quote from the NY TIMES that I was talking about:

"Last summer, Kidd contemplated leaving the Mavericks to go coach the New York Knicks. There was mutual interest between the two sides, league sources said, but the Mavericks refused to let Kidd leave and rewarded him with an extension. That gave Kidd power in any disagreement with his front office. He had more years on his contract than any of them."

Do you not see my point? I do not think any GM should be beholden to any coach. Maybe your point is that he wouldn't be, regardless of the current power dynamic, and hopefully you're right. 

I think you are spinning the article in a much different way than I think is fair. 

Beholden? Maybe a fairer word is outclassed. 

Yes, Kidd had a longer contract (true) so he had more influence (probably true). But don't confuse chicken and egg. The bigger contract was BECAUSE he was more valuable, rather than causing the value. And wasn't he a valued coach whereas Nico was an abysmal GM? Thats not about something nefarious but rather about relative value.

Are you saying that when the GM sux, you only want a bad coach too? Or you fire the good coach lest he be deemed more valued? The same can be said of coach vs player, and it falls apart there as well. NBA stars make way more than coaches or GMs. So they are evil?

For all that is said about Kidd, I observe he has stayed in his lane through the whole fiasco with Nico and Luka. Says little or nothing, just does his job in the best way he can. If they want players developed or games tanked, or a major effort to win, he goes to work. I think that has a lot to do with why they prioritized keeping him and extending him. I think he's learned over the years.