REPORT: Bucks give draft picks for new coach Jason Kidd
Posted: Jun 30, 2014 12:59 PM CDT | Updated: Nov 5, 2014 2:55 PM CDT
MILWAUKEE -- ESPN.com reports 10-time NBA All-Star Jason Kidd will be the Milwaukee Bucks new head coach. The sports website says the Milwaukee Bucks reached a deal that allows Kidd to be the new head coach in exchange for two second round picks in the 2015 and 2019 NBA draft.
Kidd has one year of coaching experience in the NBA. He lead a competitive Brooklyn Nets team to the NBA playoffs. Kidd has a previous business relationship with Buck's co-owner Marc Lasry.
Hours after news broke about the deal to get Jason Kidd, the Milwaukee Bucks officially fired Coach Larry Drew.