Mavericks coach Jason Kidd fined for criticizing refs
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Jason Kidd issued a challenge to Cooper Flagg after the Mavericks player earned his third consecutive Rookie of the Month Award.
“I don’t give a f--- about the criticism. Criticism, that’s your opinion,” Kidd, the Naismith Hall of Famer, responded after his team lost 111-107 to the Houston Rockets to fall to 19-30. “You guys write that bulls--t. That’s not — I’ve done this. I’ve played this game. I played it at a very high level and I know what the f--- I’m doing.
That’s your opinion. You guys write that bulls—.”
The 83 points Flagg has scored since Thursday are the most a teenager has ever produced in a two-game span in NBA history.
Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd says he isn't interested in what outsiders think about his decision to play Cooper Flagg at point guard during his rookie NBA season.
Despite the Dallas Mavericks going through a turbulent few years, ranging from losing in the NBA Finals to trading their cornerstone and never attaining their ceiling with an experimental, new-look squad, Jason Kidd has largely remained calm and composed in front of the media.
I want to play with Cooper Flagg my whole m———— career,” Naji Marshall recently said. Amid his career year, the forward is just behind Flagg in points per game for the Dallas Mavericks, yet his wish could easily be overshadowed by the franchise’s needs.