Kidd may be New York’s top target after the Knicks fired their head coach. One problem: He’s still under contract with Dallas.

But this is the Mavericks, who have made nothing but odd decisions since the start of 2025, highlighted, of course, by the still-baffling move to trade franchise superstar Luka Dončić because, as Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison has put it on a number of occasions, "defense wins championships."

Jason Kidd is currently the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks. The New York Knicks do not have a head coach and would reportedly like Kidd to fill that position. By the time both teams report to training camp,