During the late stages of the Nets' 99-94 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, the first-year head coach seemed to ask guard Tyshawn Taylor to run into him on purpose, knocking his cup of soda over, buying the Nets a few more seconds during a substitution.
Kidd publicly denied doing it on purpose, but if you look at the initial contact, it appears as if he tells Taylor to "hit me."
Kidd and the Nets are off to a 4-11 start.
It's a crafty move for a rookie coach. The Nets were out of timeouts and sly stunt bought Kidd some extra time to draw up a play. But in the end, the Nets lost and the league caught on to his stunt.
"In the heat of the battle you're trying to get guys in and out of the game, and the Coke fell out of my hand," Kidd added. The NBA didn't believe it and punished Kidd for the second time in his first month as a coach. He was suspended the first two games of the regular season after pleading guilty in a drunken driving case.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
