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Kidd praise Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, who is retiring after this season

Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd has a very close and a unique relationship with Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski.

Kidd was a player on the USA Men’s National Basketball Team that won a gold medal at the FIBA Americas Championship in Las Vegas in 2007, and a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. The coach of those teams was none other than. . .

Krzyzewski.

So, when Krzyzewski coached his final home game Saturday since he became the Duke coach in 1980, Kidd couldn’t help but praise the man who won five NCAA titles, in addition to Olympic gold medals in ’08, ’12 and ’16.