Jason Kidd looking forward to helping LeBron James in latter stages of his career

Former Indiana Pacers head coach Frank Vogel was hired as the new head coach and it was immediately announced that former Milwaukee Bucks head coach Jason Kidd would be his lead assistant coach. Kidd was also interviewed for the head coaching position and is a longtime friend and confidant of LeBron James. Kidd recently spoke with ESPN, praising James as a player and expressing excitement about the opportunity to coach him and win a championship: “You talk about one of the smartest players in the world. You talk about one of the best players to ever play the game the right way, so I’m very excited to have the opportunity to help him hopefully achieve his goal and our goal as the Lakers and that’s to win the championship.”

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