He’s either BSing, or, if this is truly the reasoning, he’s overthinking stuff WAY too much. Overthinking to a stupid degree. Good coaches and teams force the other team to adjust and aren’t reactive all the damn time. Kidd has a lot of these “aw shucks, they put us in a bad spot” rationalizations.
![[Grant Afseth] Jason Kidd on why Dereck Lively II did not play in the second half after starting the game:](https://alien.top/pictrs/image/d4c1034e-bd0f-4d09-af0b-54b55949c758.webp){kind=link}
He’s either BSing, or, if this is truly the reasoning, he’s overthinking stuff WAY too much. Overthinking to a stupid degree. Good coaches and teams force the other team to adjust and aren’t reactive all the damn time. Kidd has a lot of these “aw shucks, they put us in a bad spot” rationalizations.