{"id":654480,"date":"2026-05-20T13:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/654480\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T13:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:43:11","slug":"mark-cubans-reaction-to-jason-kidds-firing-may-quietly-point-back-to-luka-doncic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/654480\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Cuban\u2019s reaction to Jason Kidd\u2019s firing may quietly point back to Luka Doncic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark Cuban\u2019s reaction to Jason Kidd\u2019s firing may quietly point back to Luka Doncic<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Many big changes are happening for the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> lately. After a hard year and a new leader, another key person is leaving. This move signals the official end of a famous era.<\/p>\n

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The Dallas Mavericks announced on Tuesday that they mutually agreed to part ways with head coach Jason Kidd. Kidd coached the team for 5 seasons and led the team to the NBA Finals in 2024. He was also a team champion in 2011.<\/p>\n

However, the organization is now moving in a new direction under president Masai Ujiri.\u00a0“As we evaluate the future of our basketball program, we believe this is the right moment for a new direction for our team,” the president said in a statement, as per ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Current minority owner of the Mavericks, Mark Cuban, sent an email to share his thoughts on the news. “Obviously I’m a jkidd fan. So I’m surprised and disappointed,” he wrote<\/a>. “But we have to give masai a chance to see what happens. He has been through this before.”<\/p>\n

He noted that Ujiri has been through these situations before. This reaction shows that even the team owner recognizes that a major reset is underway.<\/p>\n

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This firing is the latest part of an unraveling that started with the Luka Doncic<\/a> trade. The team has struggled since they traded their superstar player in early 2025. Without Doncic, the Mavericks won only 69 games and lost 118.<\/p>\n

Last season was especially hard because the team won only 26 games. The leaders who built the team during the Doncic years are now all leaving.<\/p>\n

Nico Harrison was the general manager who traded Doncic and he was fired in November. Now Jason Kidd is also gone even though he had $40 million left on his contract.<\/p>\n

Masai Ujiri was hired to rebuild the basketball operations from head-to-toe. Ujiri is famous for making very difficult moves to help teams win.<\/p>\n

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In the past, Ujiri fired a top coach and traded a star player in Toronto<\/a> to win a title. Cuban\u2019s words about Ujiri having experience suggest that Dallas is now in a similar rebuild phase.<\/p>\n

The team is now turning toward a new future with young players like Cooper Flagg<\/a>. Kidd\u2019s exit is the final sign that the era of Doncic is truly over for the Dallas Mavericks.<\/p>\n

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