Jason Kidd has withdrawn himself as a candidate for the next coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
“Portland’s a first-class organization and will have great candidates for its head coaching job, but I’ve decided not to be one of them,” said Kidd. “Whoever they choose will have big shoes to fill from Terry [Stotts].”
His name only came up after Damian Lillard’s endorsement on Friday night. That wasn’t the only thing that came up.
Social media had been dragging his name for days after bringing up his domestic violence past.
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In January 2001, Kidd found himself in a situation where he got into a disagreement with Joumana Kidd, the NBA star’s wife, he was arrested for physically hitting her. He pleaded guilty to spousal abuse and was fined $200 and ordered to take anger management training. He was eventually traded to the Nets.
The Blazers are expected to consider Jeff Van Gundy, Mike D’Antoni, Chauncey Billups, and Juwan Howard, according to sources.
