After the lightning-quick escalation and trade of Head Coach Jason Kidd from the Brooklyn Nets to the Milwaukee Bucks, some more information is starting to trickle out about the deal.
While we know that the Nets received two second-round picks as compensation for letting Kidd head to the Bucks, there are a few ramifications of team’s completing a trade including a head coach. Namely, that the two teams are no longer allowed to trade with each other for the 2014-15 NBA season according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports.
As part of Kidd deal, Brooklyn and Milwaukee will not be allowed to make a trade with each other during 2014-'15 season, source tells Yahoo.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) June 30, 2014
This is an interesting effect of the trade, but one that is not all that surprising. With reports of players teaming up and colluding with each other, the NBA wants to ensure now more than ever that teams are not colluding to get around trade restrictions. In preventing the teams from trading with each other, the NBA is basically preventing any chances of the Bucks sending the Nets more compensation in the form of another trade later on down the road.
Either way, it seems that all parties are happy with the deal. Jason Kidd got to bolt before Brooklyn’s roster became an issue, the Bucks got their man, and the Nets rid themselves of an unhappy employee.