Breaking down all the chaos from the start of NBA free agency

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It’s now rumored that the Mavs will give Jason Kidd an extension before the start of next season. Shan questioned whether Kidd was using the Knicks’ coaching rumors as a way to leverage a new deal with Dallas. They also broke down yesterday's biggest NBA headline, Milwaukee’s shocking decision to waive Damian Lillard and sign Myles Turner, a move that has Giannis and the rest of the league scratching their heads. We also dove into all the other chaos from the start of NBA free agency.

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00:00we're gonna start off with mark stein who reports that the mavericks are expected

00:20to extend jason kidd's contract before the start of next season and i said ah

00:26there it is there it is all the nick flirtation the story wouldn't die it wouldn't stop and then

00:35eventually you say to yourself all right this is about leverage is it more about wanting to coach

00:42jaylen brunson again being at the garden getting away from nico and dumont or getting that contract

00:49extension after all the bs he put up with last year and jason kidd i think gave us our answer

00:56with this report he's going to get his extension yeah he is i mean he's always had an affinity for

01:00the knicks um and i'll be honest the way the easter conference is shaked out right now

01:05uh the easter that's where you want to be yeah i mean they have a you you want to talk about a clear

01:11path it is the new york knicks um they've got a clear path to the finals or one of the clearest in

01:19the league period so like that's there's a draw there there's a healthy job but i mean his kids

01:24here he is like you know baseball player and uh athletes family maybe you want to stick around

01:30who knows right but it makes sense that this was also a contract ploy uh to get that deal uh after

01:37he's had to put up with you know basically being the face the mouthpiece of this organization when

01:42you know al bundy over there cowered and never showed his face again he's i mean he's clearly a

01:49new york area guy though because like i mean he spent all that time with the nets that he coached

01:55the nets he bailed on the mavericks at the end of 2011 or 2012 whatever it was to go to the knicks

02:01when they thought they had a deal in place he was like oh no never mind i was kidding i'm going to

02:04new york so this wouldn't have been i mean this would have been a fourth tour up in that general

02:08area with the knicks or the nets and so i'm sure he was attracted by it but yeah he probably also used

02:14what the mavericks know is a real attraction to the area to like all right let's lean on that a little

02:18bit and press him so jk is going to be extended

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