Jason Kidd's Blowup Towards Lawrence Frank: "Sit the (bleep) down!"

[jonathanlambert33]

To say ego was not involved here is to say water is not wet. Frank's way -- "passive-aggressive undermining," as another coaching source put it last week -- is grating. Certainly, the new contract gave him a kind of cache -- diplomatic immunity for the basketball set -- above the other assistants. If he's the coach, you have to accept it -- it's what he's saying, not how he's saying it, and so on. (The other assistants have to accept it, too, by the way, as none of them were getting $1 million a year.)

But Kidd didn't have to accept it. He was no longer a player, and Frank was no longer his coach.

Kidd tried, gradually at first, to start putting his own imprint on the team. He would be, a member of the organization said last week, direct and honest with players in film sessions, going over things one-on-one with players -- "that's a bad shot, and here's why. That's losing basketball, and here's why," the source said. He tried to point out that he did know a couple of things about defense based on his career as a player (whether he specifically mentioned his four first-team all-NBA defensive team selections is unknown), and that he had ideas that were different from Frank's.

But Frank "wouldn't stop talking," the second coaching source countered.

And several outlets have reported Frank was angered that Kidd chose assistant Joe Prunty instead of him to coach the team in his absence while Kidd served his DUI suspension at the start of the regular season.

The denouement came in the now well-reported blowup Kidd had with Frank, where Kidd, according to a source, told Frank: "Sit the (bleep) down! I'm the coach of this (13-letter word) team! When you're on the bench, don't (bleeping) move!"

Frank did as he was told. Other coaches playing the Nets thought he was ill, he was so quiet during recent games.

In the few days since he left, Kidd has tinkered with the Nets' pick-and-roll defense, trying desperately to find coverages that will aid Brooklyn's horrible defense against the 3-pointer. The Nets are the NBA's worst team at guarding 3-pointers, allowing opponents to shoot 41 percent from there.

http://www.nba.com/2013/news/features/david_aldridge/12/09/morning-tip-troubles-with-eastern-conference-fallout-from-jason-kidd-and-lawrence-frank-kobe-bryants-return-andre-drummond-qa/index.html#dribbles

 

[.infamous]

I knew this wasn't going to work out well at all. Should've went with a veteran coach, but nets made the stupid move.

 

[Pugz]

well that explains a lot. i wish this was on video

 

[jonathanlambert33]

well that explains a lot. i wish this was on video

Yeah, it's nice to have some context to what happened.

 

[bosoxlover12]

They are bad at defending the 3 because Pierce and JJ are their wing defenders lol

 

[jonathanlambert33]

The thing that is really bad, opponents really don't attempt that many threes per game against them. A little bit above league average. But they make such a high percentage, they come up last in the NBA. And during Kidds tinkering, opponents are making 46% from three.

 

[youngguru]

Should have never hired Frank, or Kidd for that matter