Jason Kidd (Photo by David Surowiecki/Getty Images for SiriusXM)
Damian Lillard named Jason Kidd as a potential candidate after the Portland Trail Blazers announced that they parted ways with head coach Terry Stotts and that Dame would play a huge part in the selection of Stott’s replacement.
With all due respect to Lillard, Kidd would be a terrible choice to replace Stotts on a number of levels. The biggest mistake teams commit when firing their head coach is not bringing in a successor that’s actually an improvement.
We’ve seen this often recently: Jim Boylen replacing Fred Hoiberg, Nate Bjorkgren with Nate McMillan, and Stan Van Gundy taking Alvin Gentry’s post are a few examples.