[Stein] Mavericks sign Jason Kidd to Multiple Year Extension

I don't understand what this is tweet is supposed to insinuate. They want Atkinson fired and to hire Kidd?

 

No it's just a clumsy transition by the writer:

Just two years ago, Kidd had coached the Mavs to their first NBA Finals appearance since 2011. Now, he was out of a job.

It was a reminder of the high-stakes nature of the series on which they were about to embark​