{"id":515597,"date":"2026-09-15T09:32:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T07:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=515597"},"modified":"2026-09-15T09:32:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T07:32:03","slug":"igor-kokoskov-on-jason-kidd-i-dont-have-a-particularly-high-opinion-of-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/igor-kokoskov-on-jason-kidd-i-dont-have-a-particularly-high-opinion-of-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Igor Kokoskov on Jason Kidd: \u201cI don\u2019t have a particularly high opinion of him\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"3528\" data-end=\"3686\">Igor Kokoskov did not hold back when discussing his brief stint alongside Jason Kidd with the Dallas Mavericks, where he also worked closely with Luka Doncic.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3688\" data-end=\"3903\">Appearing on the <strong data-start=\"3705\" data-end=\"3721\">\u201cX&amp;O\u2019s CHAT\u201d<\/strong> podcast, the Serbian coach offered two very different perspectives on Kidd: tremendous admiration for him as a player, but a very negative opinion of him as a coach and as a person.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"3905\" data-end=\"4347\">\n<p data-start=\"3907\" data-end=\"4347\">\u201cHe was one of my favorite players and one of the greatest point guards to ever play the game. I loved the Princeton offense because of Jason Kidd. But Jason Kidd the player and Jason Kidd the coach and person are two completely different stories. I didn\u2019t have a good experience with him, nor do I have a particularly high opinion of him off the court or as a head coach. And it\u2019s fine for people to know that. That\u2019s not just my opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Igor Koko\u0161kov was not holding back when talking about Jason Kidd:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t have a good experience with him, nor do I have high opinion of him off the court or as a head coach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After that first year in Dallas, once the season wrapped up. I got a call from Steve Nash, inviting me to join Brooklyn. I remember thinking &#8216;I was working for the worst guy in the NBA and now I have a call from best guy in the NBA'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Via: @kurooscoffee<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Luka Updates (@LukaUpdates) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LukaUpdates\/status\/2099594394475143365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"1269ks2\" data-start=\"4349\" data-end=\"4412\">His relationship with Luka Doncic became a source of tension<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"4414\" data-end=\"4558\">Kokoskov served on the Mavericks\u2019 coaching staff during the <strong data-start=\"4474\" data-end=\"4492\">2021-22 season<\/strong>, when Dallas reached the Western Conference Finals behind Doncic.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4560\" data-end=\"4769\">After that single season, Kokoskov left Dallas and joined the Brooklyn Nets\u2019 coaching staff. According to the Serbian coach, his close relationship with Doncic became a significant source of tension with Kidd.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"4771\" data-end=\"5061\">\n<p data-start=\"4773\" data-end=\"5061\">\u201cAfter working with Jason Kidd for a year, I sat down with him and said, \u2018Look, I have a history with Luka Doncic and I know him well, we\u2019ve worked together before, and that can certainly help the team, but I am not here working for Luka Doncic, I am working for you, this is your team.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"5063\" data-end=\"5144\">According to Kokoskov, however, Kidd was never able to fully move past the issue.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"5146\" data-end=\"5283\">\n<p data-start=\"5148\" data-end=\"5283\">\u201cHe could never really get over it. It was something in his head, part of his personal issues, which I didn\u2019t want to get involved in.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"kyd3oc\" data-start=\"5285\" data-end=\"5365\">\u201cI was working for the worst guy in the NBA, then I got a call from the best\u201d<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"5367\" data-end=\"5481\">After the 2021-22 season ended, Kokoskov received a call from Steve Nash, who was then coaching the Brooklyn Nets.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5483\" data-end=\"5535\">The Serbian offered a particularly blunt comparison:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"5537\" data-end=\"5779\">\n<p data-start=\"5539\" data-end=\"5779\">\u201cAfter that first year in Dallas, once the season wrapped up, I got a call from Steve Nash, inviting me to join Brooklyn. I remember thinking, \u2018I was working for the worst guy in the NBA and now I have a call from the best guy in the NBA.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"5eruhk\" data-start=\"5781\" data-end=\"5831\">Kokoskov has nothing but praise for Luka Doncic<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"5833\" data-end=\"6003\">While his assessment of Kidd was extremely harsh, Kokoskov had nothing but praise for <strong data-start=\"5919\" data-end=\"5934\">Luka Doncic<\/strong>, with whom he has shared a strong basketball relationship for years.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6005\" data-end=\"6170\">Kokoskov was the head coach of the <strong data-start=\"6040\" data-end=\"6067\">Slovenian national team<\/strong> when an 18-year-old Doncic burst onto the international scene and helped Slovenia win EuroBasket 2017.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6172\" data-end=\"6229\">Speaking about Doncic\u2019s talent, Kokoskov was unequivocal:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"6231\" data-end=\"6477\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<p data-start=\"6233\" data-end=\"6477\" data-is-last-node=\"\">\u201cIt only takes two sessions, two practices with a guy like that, to realize what kind of generational talent you\u2019re working with. His talent was so obvious, and he keeps growing with every passing year. He is a gem, a diamond, a gift from God.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former Dallas Mavericks assistant coach opens up about his difficult experience with Jason Kidd and his special relationship with Luka Doncic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":469215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-515597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/STP08834.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515597"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=515597"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=515597"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=515597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}