I could make so many jokes with this. I didn’t know Russia was so far behind the times. Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov said Jason Kidd actually approached them about becoming the head coach and he signed off on it. But you gotta hear why he made the decision. Hit the jump for the details.
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According to the Daily News:
Prokhorov literally said the following word for word:
It was Jason’s idea, and he came to us with his idea, and I was the one who signed off on it. And I think that there is a logic, and I want to share with this logic, why I made this decision. There are players in the NBA which display the ability to coach when they play, in terms of leadership, in terms of guiding play and in terms of motivating their playmates. So and Jason Kidd was that kind of a player. Maybe you do remember a film, Top Gun. This film just arrived in Russia one week ago. I want to refresh your memory. Tom Cruise plays Maverick, and he was a top pilot, he was a real leader. At the end of the day he made decision to be an instructor because it was the highest value just to be a leader. So Jason Kidd is our Top Gun. And he will do his best, I am sure, all his skills to elevate the whole team.
Top Gun??? Really? And Russia just got that movie last week? That movie is like 25 years old already lol. I am glad such a successful business man and owner makes decisions based on the way Tom Cruise flew a plane in a movie. So I guess Jason Kidd is flying this plane?
