(06-24-2021, 12:26 PM)SwisherPrice Wrote: Nope, I don't think RC is trying to sabotage the Mavs...in fact, I think he actually is making a genuine recommendation and suggestion and he might not be wrong.
RC and Kidd have a good relationship now. They clashed at times early on but once RC learned to trust him, they started getting along fine. It's been mentioned that they are good friends now.
When Luka has his tendencies to get frustrated, lose his cool, etc. RC sees Kidd as being the type of coach to understand that and be a better mentor for Luka than what RC could have been. He is not wrong about the similarities between Kidd and Luka. Both were basketball savants at a young age and it's sometimes hard for players like that to be patient with teammates and coaches, who do not process the game as fast as them.
I agree. Painting the Rick/Kidd relationship about just the times they butted heads is reductionist and revisionist. Also, Rick/Luka wasn't just about butting heads either. They worked closely for 3 years and accomplished some great things. And assuming that Rick would do something like this is to assume he's not just a grouch, or overbearing, but a an awful human. I don't buy it.