Kidd Conspiracy
Clearly Kidd was involved with the Luka trade. If he wasn’t then Luka would have spoken to him since the trade, and you can see during our matchups that they have no interaction. Kidd is also a renowned snake and has tried to backstab organizations/players many times in his career.
It has been reported Kidd wanted to have more control of the organization. On the level of an Ujiri or Riley. Since he didn’t get the gig, that’s why he was let go. I believe Kidd had planned to oust Nico and make the power play to take his job.
I believe Kidd put it into Nico’s head to trade Luka. Kidd was probably saying, on a daily basis to Nico, how Luka had not been taking conditioning and defense seriously. He eventually got Nico to trade for Kidd’s old buddy in LA, Anthony Davis. When Kidd realized the backlash, he pretended he didn’t know anything about the trade so he could pin the blame entirely on Nico. He knew that Nico would be fired for making such a stupid trade. Then he tried to make a power play to take Nico’s job.
Dumont correctly did not choose Kidd for the job. I think Dumont was swindled by Nico and Kidd. Dumont trusted them to do their jobs but it backfired greatly. He clearly is not a cheap owner, as he’s paying for Kidds 4 year salary for nothing now. He also went out and got a big name like Ujiri. Someone like him is not going to come cheap. We have to give some credit to Dumont for not hiring Kidd and going with Ujiri.