Maya Angelou once said, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them, the first time.” Well, if Angelou was a basketball writer instead of a poet she’d say the same thing, except about coaches and schemes. All preseason, new head coach Jason Kidd told us how he wanted the Dallas Mavericks to play.
“We’re not just going to rely on jump shooting because that can leave you at any part of the season or in the playoffs,” Kidd told Callie Caplan of the Dallas Morning News. “If that happens, you don’t have anything to fall back on, and that means an early exit.