Bucks Acquire Kidd As Head Coach
Monday, June 30th, 2014 -- 2:57 PM
The Milwaukee Bucks will trade the Brooklyn Nets two second-round picks as compensation for the rights to acquire head coach Jason Kidd and add him as the new head coach, reports ESPN's Marc Stein.The trade will send the the Bucks' 2015 second-round pick and either their 2018 or 2019 second-round pick to Brooklyn, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Charles F. Gardner. The deal also relieves the Nets of Kidd's remaining three years on a contract originally worth $10.5 million over four seasons.
It was originally believed Kidd would join Milwaukee as the president of basketball operations, but it was later reported that he only discussed joining the squad as head coach. That means Bucks general manager John Hammond seems to be safe at his current post, but now coach Larry Drew will be on the way out after just a year on the job.
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