KoreAmBear said:

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calumnus said:

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BearForce2 said:

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Congratulations to Jason Kidd for taking the Mavericks to the 2022 Western Conference Finals by beating the number one seed Phoenix Suns in seven games.

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And to think, in 2019 when we fired Wyking Jones, Jason Kidd expressed interest in coaching at Cal ("the only college job I am interested in") and Knowlton hired Mark Fox.

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It could have been beautiful.

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He didn't hire Fox over Kidd. There wasn't that option. Happy for Jason, seeing he has had ups and downs in the NBA...

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I'm pretty sure he didn't even try. We wrapped up this coaching search in like a couple of weeks. Who knew how lucky we were to have such a high caliber coach who took a year off? Actually with Monty we really were lucky. With our currently guy, not so much.

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calumnus said:

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Less than a week between reversing course and announcing Jones fired, then announcing Fox hired. Knowlton said he only interviewed two candidates (Travis and Fox). Let the search firm do the heavy lifting. Said he chose Fox over Travis because he "felt more comfortable around him" the could "relate" (affinity hire). He interviewed Travis the Monday after his return from the NCAA Tournament and said the unemployed Fox had been "better prepared" for the interview.

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BearSD said:

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calumnus said:

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Less than a week between reversing course and announcing Jones fired, then announcing Fox hired. Knowlton said he only interviewed two candidates (Travis and Fox). Let the search firm do the heavy lifting. Said he chose Fox over Travis because he "felt more comfortable around him" the could "relate" (affinity hire). He interviewed Travis the Monday after his return from the NCAA Tournament and said the unemployed Fox had been "better prepared" for the interview.

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Lemme guess.... Knowlton was about as prepared for his interview with Travis DeCuire as John Elway was for the Broncos' interview with Brian Flores.

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Oh man, the old Harmon looked so good and with character. I wished I attended a game there.

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I got to play intramural games there as an undergrad (and take exams and see Tower of Power). In '74 broke my foot landing on a guy's foot when coming down with a rebound. The next day I got an x ray at Cowell and the doc told me it was a bad sprain. A week later I got a postcard from Cowell stating that they misread the x ray and that my foot was broken. Oops!

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Pickup game rebounds are overrated

Almost every basketball injury I've had is during rebounding, either by landing on someone's foot or getting an elbow in the face by some big dude

Now if the ball bounces twice on the court I'll get a rebound as I no longer go hard after a rebound

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AunBear89 said:

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bearister said:

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OneTopOneChickenApple said:

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Oh man, the old Harmon looked so good and with character. I wished I attended a game there.

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I got to play intramural games there as an undergrad (and take exams and see Tower of Power). In '74 broke my foot landing on a guy's foot when coming down with a rebound. The next day I got an x ray at Cowell and the doc told me it was a bad sprain. A week later I got a postcard from Cowell stating that they misread the x ray and that my foot was broken. Oops!

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And a personal injury lawyer was born

"Hurt in an accident? And it wasn't your fault? Call 1-800- BEARISTER to get the relief you deserve!"

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KoreAmBear said:

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mbBear said:

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BearForce2 said:

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calumnus said:

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BearForce2 said:

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Congratulations to Jason Kidd for taking the Mavericks to the 2022 Western Conference Finals by beating the number one seed Phoenix Suns in seven games.

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And to think, in 2019 when we fired Wyking Jones, Jason Kidd expressed interest in coaching at Cal ("the only college job I am interested in") and Knowlton hired Mark Fox.

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It could have been beautiful.

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He didn't hire Fox over Kidd. There wasn't that option. Happy for Jason, seeing he has had ups and downs in the NBA...

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I'm pretty sure he didn't even try. We wrapped up this coaching search in like a couple of weeks. Who knew how lucky we were to have such a high caliber coach who took a year off? Actually with Monty we really were lucky. With our currently guy, not so much.

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BC Calfan said:

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I believe Kidd is getting paid $8.5 million a year from the Mavs. I don't think he's going anywhere for a while.

The only possible scenario I see: He gets that salary for the next 5 years or so, builds a nice nest egg, then wins a championship. With his personal NBA coaching goals accomplished, maybe he'd be willing to take a drastic pay cut to run our program.

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concordtom said:

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Jason Kidd vs Chris Paul…. Who would YOU take?

Answer before looking up the stats:
https://www.landofbasketball.com/player_comparison/jason_kidd_vs_chris_paul.htm

And you might like this article about shade between the two:

https://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/amp/jason_kidd_mocked_chris_paul_after_game_7_for_the_10_oclock_curfew_he_gave_his_suns_teammates_curfew_10_oclock/s1_16751_37504460

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ducky23 said:

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Idea ... As far fetched as it seems ... How 'bout Knowlton pursue Kidd now, at end of Jason's season? I'm not saying Kidd will say "Yes" to coaching the Bears but there's ALWAYS the 'what if' - that being the case, he should definitely pursue him. Worst he'll get is a "No." And IF he got " Yes"???? !!!!!! Haas would be packed regularly!

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Right now Kidd is the darling of the nba. Every talking head is gushing about him

He's also making a ton of money

Coaching in a city that he's beloved since he helped bring them a title

With the best young player in the entire league

No. The time to get him was when he was without a job and thought of to be a terrible head coach. I doubt knowlton even knew who Kidd was since he's not a famous hockey player.

But you're not going to get him now that he's on top of the nba mountain

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MSaviolives said:

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concordtom said:

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Jason Kidd vs Chris Paul…. Who would YOU take?

Answer before looking up the stats:
https://www.landofbasketball.com/player_comparison/jason_kidd_vs_chris_paul.htm

And you might like this article about shade between the two:

https://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/amp/jason_kidd_mocked_chris_paul_after_game_7_for_the_10_oclock_curfew_he_gave_his_suns_teammates_curfew_10_oclock/s1_16751_37504460

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I'm definitely biased biased, both as a Cal basketball fan and because my wife was one of Jason's elementary school teachers, but I would take Kidd over Paul. The difference is that Kidd always made his team better apart from his individual stats, including assists. Jason took a mediocre Nets team to the finals two consecutive years. Most of the teams he joined, from Cal, to Dallas (the first time), the Suns, the Nets got better when he joined.

And it isn't all about assists in terms of making team mates better. Westbrook would be a good example of that. To be fair, Paul is a great player, and a sure HOFer. But I'm not so sure he is the team enhancer that Kidd was. Paul played on very good Clippers and Rockets teams, but couldn't even get them to the finals, and then lost in the finals with the good Suns team and just contributed to an all time crash and burn in this year's playoffs with the team with the best record. So I'll go with Kidd. Reasonable people can disagree for sure.

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ducky23 said:

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I doubt knowlton even knew who Kidd was

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BearSD said:

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ducky23 said:

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Dgoldnbaer said:

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I doubt knowlton even knew who Kidd was

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The sad thing is, this might be true.

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calumnus said:

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BearSD said:

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ducky23 said:

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I doubt knowlton even knew who Kidd was

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The sad thing is, this might be true.

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More likely true than not.

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mbBear said:

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calumnus said:

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ducky23 said:

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I doubt knowlton even knew who Kidd was

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The sad thing is, this might be true.

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More likely true than not.

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Except that Cal has the Jason Kidd Scholarship, endowed in 2016...before Knowlton was AD, but still on the books as something on-going.

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"I didn't know we got fined, but that's cool," Kidd told reporters on May 6. "You know, the league is worried about the wrong thing. You have millionaires cheering on other millionaires. Doesn't happen in this society. And the enthusiasm of the game, for a teammate to cheer on another teammate, is special."

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calumnus said:

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mbBear said:

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calumnus said:

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ducky23 said:

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I doubt knowlton even knew who Kidd was

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The sad thing is, this might be true.

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More likely true than not.

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Except that Cal has the Jason Kidd Scholarship, endowed in 2016...before Knowlton was AD, but still on the books as something on-going.

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Sure, but Cal also has a Robert Albo Scholarship for basketball among others. I'm sure he does not know who all the original donors were and might just assume Jason Kidd is any other wealthy alum.

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