Dallas Mavericks: Did Mark Cuban make the right decision?

The elephant is out the bag and Jason Kidd is back with the organization that drafted him. With the departure of former Dallas Mavericks’ coach Rick Carlisle, Mark Cuban wasted no time in signing the next man in line.

Jason Kidd has been introduced as the next head coach of the Mavericks, while Nico Harrison was inducted as the team’s new general manager. There is a new era in Dallas, as the team has had a change in scenery.

With Kidd and Harrison in play, the question remains: Did the Dallas Mavericks make the right call for the team?

As a head coach, Jason Kidd has 183 wins overall. This is not bad for coach who has five years of professional experience as the head of a team. However in terms of loses, he has 190 defeats.

Kidd’s best season came in the 2013-2014 season when he first coached the Brooklyn Nets. That NBA year, he had Deron Williams tagged with former All-Stars Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce. He led the team to the conference semifinals where they lost to the Miami Heat in five games.

Soon after, he transferred to the Milwaukee Bucks where he made the playoffs in two of his three and a half seasons.

In both playoff appearances, he lost in the first round. Two-time All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo was big a big fan of his former coach and even pleaded for the team to consider keeping him.

While his record may not show, Kidd had a huge influence in creating the Bucks as the team we all know today. You see before Kidd got to Milwaukee, the team had won a mere 15 games that year. Soon after his the squad was able to improve to a 41 win season.