New reporting has shed light on Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd’s internal reaction to the team’s blockbuster decision to trade Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in early February. According to Tim Cato of the D Magazine-backed DLLS network,

On Monday, Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison, in his end of the season press conference, addressed rumors involving team governor Patrick Dumont's involvement in the trade. Harrison told reportersthat he was not told by Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont that he had to trade Doncic.

While Kidd was understandably frustrated this season with the team’s injury crisis, he also resented the front office’s midseason Luka Doncic trade, multiple team and league sources