Jason Kidd has a lot to prove

Jason Kidd is a basketball genius. Rick Carlisle has routinely stated that Kidd was the smartest player he ever coached. Thus far, that genius as a player has not transferred to his coaching career. His record as a head coach is 183 and 190 in the regular season and nine and 15 in the playoffs.

Shockingly, that nine and 15 record in the playoffs means that he has won playoff series more recently than the Dallas Mavericks have. The best point guard Kidd ever coached was a semi-washed Deron Williams. Williams experienced a large decline during Kidd’s first season, going from 18.9 points and 7.7 assists per game in his final season before Kidd to 14.3 points and 6.1 assists per game with Kidd…