The Jason Kidd drink-spilling saga continues. After the Brooklyn Nets coach spilled his Coke on Wednesday night to buy his team a timeout, he blamed it on sweaty hands.
It seems like fining Kidd $50,000 brought the truth out, since he had nothing to lose. He addressed the incident with reporters before the Nets’ Friday game against the Houston Rockets:
Kidd said he did it because he wanted to put his team in a position to win. Since the Nets had no more timeouts, he had to think on his feet to buy time to draw up a play.