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In his first public comments since being fired by the Milwaukee Bucks earlier this season, Jason Kidd cleared up…very little. Most tend to think he was canned because he lost the locker room, or because he pissed off ownership with a power play similar to what he pulled with the Brooklyn Nets, or because he [...]

Giannis Antetokounmpo is not really okay with Jason Kidd publicizing the intimate conversation they had once he was fired by the Milwaukee Bucks. As a refresher, shortly after the decision was made, Kidd told ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne that Antetokounmpo offered to try saving his job: [tweet https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/955598045537746944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fthehoopdoctors.com%2F2018%2F01%2Fjason-kidd-says-giannis-offered-to-try-and-save-his-job%2F] [tweet https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/955598302266798080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fthehoopdoctors.com%2F2018%2F01%2Fjason-kidd-says-giannis-offered-to-try-and-save-his-job%2F] Though Kidd rebuffed Antetokounmpo’s overtures, his decision [...]

Giannis Antetokounmpo didn’t want to let the Milwaukee Bucks fire Jason Kidd without a fight. As first reported by ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Bucks elected to part ways with their head coach on Monday, a decision that was surprising only because most expected any major changes to take place over the summer. A few hours [...]

Details about the Marc Gasol-David Fizdale relationship that wasn’t continue to trickle out. The latest comes from USA Today‘s Sam Amick and Jeff Zillgitt, who heard that when the Memphis Grizzlies fired their head coach, he and Big Spain hadn’t really spoken over the past 10 months: But while the widespread confusion about the Fizdale move [...]

Marc Gasol might be relieved that the Memphis Grizzlies fired head coach David Fizdale on Monday. But some members of the Cleveland Cavaliers sure as hell aren’t. Dwyane Wade, who played under Fizdale during his time as an assistant with the Miami Heat, was the first to respond: [tweet https://twitter.com/DwyaneWade/status/935263536372174848] LeBron James, who also played [...]

David Fizdale didn’t even make it through one-and-a-half seasons as head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies. The Grizzlies elected to fire the second-year clipboard-carrier 19 games in 2017-18, as first reported by ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski, for reasons that aren’t totally clear. Sure, the team is 7-12, their playoff hopes fading fast. But they’ve dealt with [...]

Phil Jackson’s reign of terror over the New York Knicks will not span more than 171 losses. The New York Knicks and team president Phil Jackson announced Wednesday morning that they mutually agreed to part ways. “After careful thought and consideration, we mutually agreed that the Knicks will be going in a different direction,” Knicks [...]

What in the actual frickity frick are the Cleveland Cavaliers thinking? Parting ways with general manager David Griffin is a risk. Even if he wasn’t directly responsible for LeBron James’ arrival and the Kevin Love trade, he helped build a championship-level supporting cast around them and Kyrie Irving. Owner Dan Gilbert has never valued front-office [...]

While it is always a difficult and unfortunate decision for an organization to fire their general manager and move forward in a different direction, it was time for the Magic to move on from Rob Hennigan. [tweet https://twitter.com/TheVertical/status/852537451268722688] The Magic never made the postseason in Hennigan’s five seasons and are currently on their 3rd head [...]

The experiment in the Big Easy hasn’t been an easy transition for Anthony Davis and Demarcus Cousins thus far. The Pelicans, who were 2.5 games out of the No. 8 seed at the All-Star break when they made the blockbuster deal, are now 5.5 games out and basically eliminated from postseason contention. That does not [...]