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Jason Kidd describes Luka Doncic “as a young Picasso”

Jason Kidd has an affinity for pristine paintings. Thus, when the Dallas Mavericks’ coach went searching for a way to describe the incomparable Luka Doncic, he immediately drew a parallel between the team’s point guard and one of the world’s most accomplished painters.

“I look at Luka as a young Picasso,” Kidd said during Monday’s Media Day at American Airlines Center. (He’s) someone who’s very talented, loves to win and understands how to play the game at a very high level.

“As a coach, I don’t know if anybody told Picasso that he had to use all the paints.