{"id":575956,"date":"2026-02-01T22:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T22:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/575956\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T22:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T22:32:16","slug":"mavericks-mark-cuban-backs-jason-kidds-strong-criticism-of-nba-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/575956\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks\u2019 Mark Cuban backs Jason Kidd\u2019s strong criticism of NBA officials"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd made waves after Dallas\u2019 fourth straight loss on Saturday night<\/a>, ending his postgame conference with a profanity-laced diatribe against the officials and the criticism Kidd\u2019s received from the national media.<\/p>\n

On both of those topics, the conversation revolved around Mavs dynamic rookie Cooper Flagg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And on both of those topics, Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban appears to have his head coach\u2019s back.<\/p>\n

Cuban took to social media on Sunday to post his thoughts on the Mavericks\u2019 loss, the calls (or lack thereof) that go against Flagg and the skepticism Kidd has received after playing the rookie out of position at point guard for much of the season.<\/p>\n

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Cuban backed Kidd\u2019s decision to play Flagg at point guard, saying that Kidd \u201cdid the exact right thing playing Coop at PG.\u201d He even cited texts from before the season started that he sent to Kidd saying, \u201cPoint guard, point guard, point guard… let him bring the ball up.\u201d<\/p>\n

He had even more to say on the officiating from Saturday.<\/p>\n

The main point of contention came with 25 seconds left in Saturday\u2019s game, when Flagg attempted a game-tying layup and appeared to get bumped on the drive before missing the shot and falling to the floor. No foul was called, and the Mavs went on to lose by four points.<\/p>\n

Kidd said after the game that he saw a foul on the play and that the missed call was \u201cunacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJKidd nailed it on the refs,\u201d Cuban wrote. \u201cParticularly how they are officiating Coop.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s insane. When every touch was a foul, last month, he didn\u2019t get any calls. Then the crew chiefs made the decision there should be more physicality, changing how they call the games mid-season, like they did a couple years ago, so that not only does Coop still not get any calls, he gets HAMMERED more often.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cuban ended the post by putting out a call for \u201cMavs Nation\u201d to post missed calls online and to tag the NBA referees\u2019 official social media account.<\/p>\n

Kidd went so far as to name-drop the officials in his postgame tirade and could face a fine from the NBA for his comments. Going off Cuban\u2019s words it wouldn\u2019t be too surprising if the former longtime Mavericks owner picked up Kidd\u2019s tab.<\/p>\n

\"Dallas<\/a>Watch: Cooper Flagg\u2019s 49-point game draws quip on SNL\u2019s \u2018Weekend Update\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

It beats the last time the Dallas Mavericks drew a mention on \u201cSaturday Night Live.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Dallas<\/a>The Luka Doncic trade was a watershed moment. With Cooper Flagg, it\u2019s time to look forward<\/a><\/p>\n

The selection of Flagg altered Dallas\u2019 fortunes, providing a desperately needed change given the turbulent months following the Doncic trade.<\/p>\n

Find more Cowboys coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd made waves after Dallas\u2019 fourth straight loss on Saturday night, ending his postgame…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3793],"tags":[7,225,686,149,4057,3716,2087,166,6],"class_list":["post-575956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas-mavericks","tag-basketball","tag-cooper-flagg","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dallasmavericks","tag-jason-kidd","tag-mark-cuban","tag-mavericks","tag-nba"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115997754011578947","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}