Jason Kidd has never been one to linger where he isn’t wanted — or where the writing’s on the wall. And now, with the New York Knicks head coaching job unexpectedly open, a slow, quiet pivot might already be underway.

He won’t say it out loud. Neither will the Mavericks. But this isn’t just smok e. This is a well-timed opportunity. And Kidd knows it.

Let’s rewind.

When he took over as head coach in 2021, Jason Kidd shocked the NBA world by guiding Luka Dončić and a ragtag cast of overachievers past the number one seed Phoenix Suns in a Game 7 demolition on Phoenix’s home floor. Then he steered that team into the Western Conference Finals — only to lose, expectedly, to the eventual champion Golden State Warriors .

The following year? Disaster. The Mavericks attempted to address their si

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