Former NBA star Jason Kidd was fired as head coach of the Dallas Mavericks this past May, leading to the hiring of former Michigan coach Dusty May in his place. Kidd wrote a lengthy thank you note to the organization afterward, expressing how much his time in Dallas meant to he and his family.
Kidd, a longtime superfan of the game of basketball, could find himself working with ESPN next as an analyst according to information published by Marc Stein of The Stein Line.
“ESPN is in advanced talks to hire former Mavericks coach Jason Kidd to add him to their NBA studio coverage,” Stein wrote. “Kidd was fired by the Mavericks in May after five seasons and two weeks after (president) Masai Ujiri’s hiring.”
Kidd’s Mavericks finished 26-56 last season, a huge disappointment considering the presence of star rookie Cooper Flagg, who updated his height recently. New Mavs coach Dusty May is tinkering with starting lineups after he led Michigan to the national championship last season.
Kidd won’t have the privilege to coach again this season but he would bring a wealth of experience as both a coach and player to a television studio or on-site broadcast booth. Kidd played in ten NBA All-Star Games and led the Mavericks to the 2024 NBA Finals, where his team lost in five games to the eventual champion Boston Celtics.
The Mavericks will move on without Kidd this season, but they won’t soon forget the franchise legend who helped lead Dallas to its first and only NBA title in 2011 alongside Dirk Nowitzki, Shawn Marion and others. He is also well known by NBA fans, which seems to make him a good fit with ESPN.
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