On January 27, Beijing time, in an NBA regular season game that ended today, the Lone Ranger defeated the Trail Blazers 132-112, and currently ranks fifth in the West with a record of 28 wins and 21 losses, and after this game, Lone Ranger coach Jason Kidd was once again praised by many fans and Lone Ranger players.
Speaking about head coach Jason Kidd, Brunson said: "He just helps us get more engaged and makes us take responsibility. Porzingis said: "He is always passing on confidence. "It's an undeniable fact that although this is only Kidd's first season in charge of the Lone Rangers, he did allow the Lone Rangers to complete the metamorphosis to some extent, especially with the team's constant injuries, Kidd has done a good job of stabilizing the team and maintaining a pretty good record.
Speaking about his coaching performance, Kidd said bluntly: "My job is to get these kids contracted and win championships. Although the lone ranger is still a long way from winning the championship, Kidd's current performance will undoubtedly give fans more confidence.
In contrast, the Lakers who lost Kidd this season have indeed seen a serious decline in some aspects, especially their creativity on the offensive end is far less than in previous seasons, and what many people don't know is that Kidd actually contributed a lot of strategies to the team when the Lakers were assistant coaches, including the 2020 Lakers in the playoffs with thick eyebrows to play centers, using five small lineups and other tactics, which were suggested by Kidd and Vogel.
As a defensive coach, Vogel actually needs an assistant coach like Kidd very much, and the two of them can be said to complement each other, which is why in the offseason, when the Lakers can't keep Kidd, people feel sorry for the Lakers. Although the saying at the time was that Kidd wanted to be the head coach, the Lakers could not give him such a chance, so he chose to go to the Lone Ranger.
But according to the latest revelations, it seems that Because Kidd believes that the Lakers' coaching staff is completely out of the respect of management, including the team's employment, reinforcements, coaching staff's advice is often ignored. The Rambis' intervention in the coaching staff made assistant coaches such as Kidd and Hollins intolerable, and in the end, Kidd and Hollins and others chose to leave. At present, the credibility of this statement is extremely high, and for the Lakers, if they could keep Kidd in the first place, perhaps Westbrook would not have struggled so much this season.
So far this season, Westbrook's performance has not been satisfactory, and the biggest problem is actually his struggle on the offensive end, averaging 43.8% shooting per game and 29.3% three-point shooting rate can be said to be quite bad, because the inability to contribute on the offensive end has caused Westbrook to be affected in other aspects. But if the Lakers still have Kidd at this time, then maybe the situation is different.
As we all know, Kidd's entire career is not an offensive master, and even the projection of some seasons is quite bad, but this does not prevent him from becoming a top organizational guard, his big picture view, control of the rhythm, understanding of tactics and rich experience, can help Westbrook, and it is even possible to activate Westbrook in other ways, and then play the greatest power of the Lakers' big three.
But it is a pity that neither Pelinka nor the other managers of the Lakers have really realized the importance of Kidd to the Lakers, especially to Westbrook, even as a coach candidate, should not let Kidd go.