{"id":912,"date":"2026-05-20T17:06:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=912"},"modified":"2026-05-20T17:06:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:06:38","slug":"mavericks-president-masai-ujiri-says-it-was-his-decision-to-remove-jason-kidd-as-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=912","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks president Masai Ujiri says it was his decision to remove Jason Kidd as coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>DALLAS (AP) \u2014 Dallas Mavericks president Masai Ujiri says it was a difficult decision, and his alone, to remove Jason Kidd as the team\u2019s coach after five seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=910\">Wake County principal honored as North Carolina Principal of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A day after the Mavericks announced Kidd\u2019s departure, Ujiri said Wednesday he felt like the organization needed a clean slate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat he\u2019s done for this organization we truly respect, so this was a very, very tough decision,\u201d Ujiri said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to be accountable with a decision like this,\u201d he said. \u201cI also have to be very active in how I look at the organization from top to bottom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ujiri, who took over as team president and governor two weeks ago, said the move had nothing to do with the trade of Luka Doncic and anyone connected to that deal in February 2025.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the future of Kidd at his introduction on May 5, Ujiri was noncommittal, saying he would talk to Kidd while evaluating all aspects of the team.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=907\">US is expected to announce criminal case against former Cuban President Ra\u00fal Castro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When the Mavericks announced Tuesday night that they were parting ways with Kidd, they described it then as a mutual decision.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas made two deep playoff runs with Kidd and Doncic, reaching the NBA Finals in 2024, two years after a loss to Golden State in the Western Conference finals.<\/p>\n<p>The Mavericks traded Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers during the 2024-25 season, getting Anthony Davis as the centerpiece in a deal that backfired badly on the franchise. 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Duke infectious disease expert explains<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/nba<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DALLAS (AP) \u2014 Dallas Mavericks president Masai Ujiri says it was a difficult decision, and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mavericks president Masai Ujiri says it was his decision to remove Jason Kidd as coach - Raleigh Moving News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=912\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mavericks president Masai Ujiri says it was his decision to remove Jason Kidd as coach - 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