The ink is barely dry on Jason Kidd’s new contract to coach the Brooklyn Nets, but he will apparently get started right away. Even though he doesn’t even have a coaching staff yet, and admittedly doesn’t quite know what he’s doing, Kidd will coach the Nets’ summer league team in Orlando. Actually, this is a great way for him to get his feet wet. This experience will give him a taste of what’s to come.
Kidd said Friday that he plans on coaching the Nets’ summer league team in Orlando next month, hoping to use it as a learning tool as he dives headfirst into the next chapter of his career.
“I think it’s the best thing to get right into it,” Kidd said on ESPN Radio. “I know that a lot of times head coaches don’t coach summer league. But this gives me time to work on different parts of the game, learning to be a coach, also my philosophy and plays and the defensive stuff that I’ll get to put in as my system.
“So, I get to see if it works. If it doesn’t work, [then see] what changes I have to make and work from there.”
H/T: newsday
