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Mike Curtis: Jason Kidd when asked for advice to players during trade deadline week, especially when you could play great one night & be gone the next: "That's in the small print of the contract. Sometimes we don't look at that or read that, but that's just being a pro...There was a trade in the (Celtics) locker room. You have to do your job. The guys in that locker room, they play hard. They play for each other...The business of basketball sometimes gets in the way. Those guys in that locker room are professionals that understand you could be traded after the game, before the game or during the game. We've seen it all. You see Naji has come out to say he loves playing for the Mavs, but he could be traded, right? And that's just the nature of the business. Sometimes it gets in the way."
Ron Harrod Jr.: Jason Kidd on his fine after the Rockets game: “I take full responsibility for my actions, my fine, but I said what I had to say.”
Jason Kidd on his fine after the Rockets game: “I take full responsibility for my actions, my fine, but I said what I had to say.” pic.twitter.com/SyRZ3VOtVd
— Ron Harrod Jr. (@RonKnowsSports) February 3, 2026
Later in the postgame news conference, Kidd bristled at a question about the national criticism surrounding his point guard usage. Before the question could be fully asked about Flagg becoming a good ball handler, Kidd cut in sharply. “I don’t give a fuck about the criticism,” Kidd said. “That’s your opinion. You guys write that bullshit. I’ve done this. I’ve played this game. I’ve played it at a very high level & I know what the fuck I’m doing. But I don’t give a fuck what you guys write because you guys have never played the game. I have built players so I know what the fuck I’m doing. To take criticism, it only makes me better because if I wasn’t doing it right, you guys wouldn’t be poking holes at what I’ve done.”
Norm Sonju co-founded the Mavericks and was their president and general manager for 16 seasons, so when he came to American Airlines Center to be honored Wednesday night, his many well-wishers spanned the spectrum of the 1980s and ‘90s Mavericks. Those greeting him soon after he arrived in the arena included 1981 Mavericks first-round picks Mark Aguirre and Rolando Blackman; 1983 first-round pick Derek Harper; 1992 draft-night acquisition Popeye Jones; and 1994 No. 2 overall pick Jason Kidd. “It’s good to have Norm back in the building,” Kidd said, before assuming his other role of Wednesday night, coaching the Mavericks in a 118-105 loss to Minnesota. “Well-deserved and well-overdue, like he should have been here a long time ago.
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Grant Afseth: Jason Kidd said Cooper Flagg and Klay Thompson have been ruled out against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Will they play against the Charlotte Hornets to end the back-to-back? Kidd: “We’ll see. Hopefully they’re back tomorrow.”
Khobi Price: Mavericks Coach Jason Kidd when asked about Luka Doncic: "Luka's moved on. And we've moved on...we wish him the best. That's just the business of basketball: gotta move forward."
Marc Stein: Mavericks coach Jason Kidd pregame tonight on Kyrie Irving’s comeback from March knee surgery: “At some point there will be a timeline but right now there is no timeline. … He wants to get back, he wants to play. But when you’re coming back from an ACL, it’s a time thing.”
Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg did not return after halftime of Wednesday's 118-109 loss to the Denver Nuggets because of a sprained left ankle. The team announced early in the third quarter that Flagg, the No. 1 draft pick, had been ruled out for the rest of the game. Coach Jason Kidd did not have an update on Flagg after the game, and Flagg was not available to reporters. "He stepped on someone's foot," Kidd said. "Last game, he twisted his ankle, too. We decided to hold him [out] for the second half."
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Mike Curtis: Jason Kidd on how the team has handled recurring injury news with Anthony Davis: "The team is playing. We've been through this before, not just with AD, but we've been hit with a lot of injuries the last 2 years. It's next man up mentality. You gotta play. You gotta be a pro."
Mike Curtis: Jason Kidd said the Mavs should expect to know more about Anthony Davis' left hand sprain this week. "I think that's sometime this week that he'll talk to the doctors, but there is no schedule or timetable on when he's going to make that announcement."
Mike Curtis: Jason Kidd on PJ Washington, who's missed the last three games with a right ankle sprain: "He's doing court work and hopefully he's back in a week."
NBA Stat: “You always doing this Scott. You cheated the Pacers all the way throughout out the Finals last year. Don’t cheat me, dumbass.” — Jason Kidd to Scott Foster 😳 (via Mavs Highlights) #NBA