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Years ago, a Nike exec told me that JKidd is gonna get fired from every coaching job he gets because for as good as he is at X’s & O’s and player development, over time he becomes insufferable and his personality starts to weigh on people.

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I’m told Mavericks executive Matt Riccardi is also departing the organization. Riccardi, who served as Dallas’ co-general manager this season in the wake of Nico Harrison’s exit, was the runner-up to Masai Ujiri in Patrick Dumont’s process to find a new president of basketball operations.

I covered Jason Kidd when he played for the Nets. I know one of his childhood friends. I've been to his house, met his kids, then-wife, and Pilates Instructor. And I have insight from many people who worked with him in his coaching years. This is a great firing.