Ooops! Bucks Sanders Nearly Scores for Opponent

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Haha! This would've been almost as good as a wrong way fumble in football. And had Milwaukee Bucks center Larry Sanders gone ahead and scored for the Philadelphia 76ers late in their game, it might have cost them the game.

Sanders ended up with the ball near the Sixers basket after a jump ball, turned with a drop step and began to lay the ball up towards the basket. He must have realized what he was doing, because he stopped in mid-move and passed the ball to a teammate.

But perhaps the best part--the replay showing the reaction of Bucks coach Jason Kidd and the slightly embarrassed look given by Sanders.

No Kidding. Jason Kidd Is Power Hungry. May Bolt Brooklyn For Milwaukee For It.

Will Jason Kidd run the basketball operations for the Milwaukee Bucks?

It's looking like current Brooklyn Nets head coach Jason Kidd is not happy with just coaching the team, he wants to run it too or he will take his ball and head to Milwaukee.

According to the New York Post, Kidd approached Nets ownership with a list of demands including running the basketball operations.

Nets Ownership denied Kidd's request.  According to a NY Post source the franchise did not feel Kidd was ready for that kind of responsibility.

Apparently the Milwaukee Bucks do.  The Nets recently received permission to talk to Kidd about the prospect of hiring him.

On the surface their doesn't seem to be any job openings in Milwaukee.  Head coach Larry Drew has two years remaining on his contract and general manager John Hammond was hired last summer.

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel new Bucks owners Wesley Edens and Marc Lasry are interested in adding a president of basketball operations title.

Sounds like that would be perfect position for Kidd, whio appears to be salivating to run his own basketball team.

It appears power plays are nothing new to Jason Kidd. Those examples are displayed in this brilliant column by Mike Vaccaro of the New York Post.

What's making this even more bizarre is that Bucks officials apparently weren't aware of this as reported by CBS Sports.com.

Can this get any more awkward.

CupGate: Did J-Kidd Spill On Purpose...???

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With 8.3 seconds left in Wednesday's game against the Lakers, Tyshawn Taylor knocked into his head coach, Jason Kidd, and spilled his drink on the floor of the Lakers home court...

Not completely unheard of, you say...???

Completely innocent... you say...???

The Nets were out of time outs and it gave the Nets a chance to draw up a play to try and go for the icing...

Look for yourself...
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"Cup slipped out of my hand while I was getting Ty," Kidd said. "Sweaty palms. I was never good with the ball.

"In the heat of the battle, you're trying to get guys in and out of the game, and the cup fell out of my hand."

Video replays appeared to show Kidd saying "Hit me."

Kidd, obviously, denies it as does Taylor...

"No [Kidd didn't say that]. I wasn't paying attention. I just kind of bumped him," Taylor said postgame. "I didn't even know he was holding [anything]. [But] coach was drinking a soda on the sideline. I was like, 'What's he doing?'

"It could ice a free throw shooter and be a timeout when you don't have one, but that wasn't the thought process. I was just coming out, and he was in my way. 'Coach, get out of my way, bro.' "

ICYMI: New Nets Coach Kidd Suspended 2 Games To Start Season

So....if you are suspended 2 games for a DUI arrest, does that mean those 2 games don't count on your coaching record?

No, really, for the sake of Jason Kidd, we were wondering....

The new coach of the Brooklyn Nets will not make his 2013 coaching debut until game 3. The NBA announced the former all-star will sit out the opener Oct 30th at Cleveland and the home debut vs. Orlando Magic 3 days later.

You'll recall Kidd was charged with DUI during a July 2012 incident where his vehicle ended up wrapped around a tree. He pled guilty to the charges stemming from that this past July.

In another bit of irony, former Nets head coach and now Nets assistant coach Lawrence Frank will run the team in Kidd's absence.

DEVELOPING: J-Kidd To Brooklyn

Citing the ever-popular league sources... Jason Kidd is now the new head coach of the Brooklyn Nets... for three years- the exact length of the contract of GM Billy King...

So, it will be interesting to see how much patience an impatient owner has with a head coach that has no head coaching experience...

He goes from being the 2nd oldest NBA player to the 2nd youngest NBA head coach...

Fred Kerber of the New York Post has some quotes from "sources..." and we know how well connected they all are...

“Jason is a good fit,” one of those persons maintained. “He is a culture changer. He did it before. He really has impressed on everyone how badly he wants the job.”

“Do I think Jason Kidd is going to be a great coach? Yes. Would I hire him? In a heartbeat,” Hall of Famer Magic Johnson said yesterday on a conference call promoting the NBA Finals.

More when we know more...