{"id":84259,"date":"2025-06-08T05:07:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T05:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/84259\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T05:07:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T05:07:12","slug":"steins-latest-kidd-flagg-beal-booker-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/84259\/","title":{"rendered":"Stein’s Latest: Kidd, Flagg, Beal, Booker, More"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mavericks will likely deny permission for the Knicks to talk to Jason Kidd about their head coaching vacancy if a formal request is made, Marc Stein states in his latest Substack column<\/a> (subscription required). Stein cites \u201cwell-placed observers\u201d who believe Dallas would turn down the request to interview Kidd, just as the Rockets have communicated that they would do if New York asks to speak with Ime Udoka.<\/p>\n

Stein points out that Kidd received an extension after the first round of the playoffs in May of 2024 when rumors began circulating that the Lakers were targeting him in their search for a head coach. Kidd took the Mavs to the NBA Finals after that extension was finalized and led them to the play-in tournament this year while dealing with the fallout from the Luka Doncic<\/a> trade and a late-season roster shortage.<\/p>\n

Stein writes that many people in the league are confounded that the top targets who have emerged since Tom Thibodeau was fired are coaches who are already employed \u2014 Kidd, Udoka and Minnesota\u2019s Chris Finch. He notes that several prominent coaches are currently free agents, citing Michael Malone, Taylor Jenkins, Mike Brown, Mike Budenholzer and Frank Vogel as examples.<\/p>\n

Stein provides a list of coaches who have been involved in trades, noting that it has happened five times since 1982.<\/p>\n

Stein offers more information from around the NBA:<\/p>\n

Cooper Flagg<\/a>\u00a0will visit Dallas prior to the June 25 draft, Stein has learned. There\u2019s no drama regarding who the Mavericks will take with the No. 1 pick, but the visit will give Flagg a chance to become familiar with the coaching staff and team executives before it becomes official.
\nA buyout may not be a realistic option for the Suns if they can\u2019t work out a trade involving Bradley Beal<\/a>. According to Stein, Phoenix is limited to a buyout offer of about $80MM, which is far short of the nearly $111MM Beal has left on his contract. The fact that the interview process for coaches included questions about how they plan to incorporate Beal is a sign that the Suns understand that he\u2019ll be hard to move, Stein observes.
\nStein expects Devin Booker<\/a> to receive a two-year, $150MM extension once he becomes eligible on July 6, noting that he played a prominent role in the search for a new head coach.
\nStein hears that Bucks guard Pat Connaughton<\/a> is likely to pick up his $9.4MM player option for next season. A decision is expected soon, although the deadline isn\u2019t until June 24.
\nFormer Bucks head coach Adrian Griffin has interviewed with the Grizzlies for a spot on Tuomas Iisalo\u2019s coaching staff, sources tell Stein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mavericks will likely deny permission for the Knicks to talk to Jason Kidd about their head coaching…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[13959,7,3086,2026,225,2292,2074,1272,3716,4231,3357,3358,2761,4194,1416,1139],"class_list":{"0":"post-84259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-adrian-griffin","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-bradley-beal","11":"tag-chris-finch","12":"tag-cooper-flagg","13":"tag-devin-booker","14":"tag-frank-vogel","15":"tag-ime-udoka","16":"tag-jason-kidd","17":"tag-michael-malone","18":"tag-mike-brown","19":"tag-mike-budenholzer","20":"tag-pat-connaughton","21":"tag-taylor-jenkins","22":"tag-tom-thibodeau","23":"tag-tuomas-iisalo"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114646014138859756","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84259","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=84259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}