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Jason Kidd Admits When He Really Found Out About Luka Doncic Trade

The Dallas Mavericks sent shockwaves through the NBA with their unexpected trade of superstar Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. The move sparked significant discussions about the decision-making process within the organization.

Head coach Jason Kidd’s role in the trade has drawn particular attention. In a notable revelation, Kidd shared that he learned about the trade negotiations just before the deal was finalized. His late involvement in such a major organizational decision highlights the distinct separation between coaching and front office responsibilities.

“11th hour. Just got a call to come up to the room and was told about the trade,” Kidd said when asked when he learned of the Doncic deal. “I’m an employee of the Mavs. I’ve said this before and some of you maybe overlooked it: I’m the coach. I coach the players that are here. We made a trade and we’ve got to push forward. That’s what we’re doing.

“No one’s going to feel bad for us. Trades happen in this game. Things change, coaches change, teams get sold. A lot of things happen that are out of our control, but you’ve got to continue to just do your job, and that’s what I’m doing. I’m the coach. I’m not the decision-maker. I’m here to coach the team that’s given to me, and then I’m judged on that by you guys.”

Mavericks General Manager Nico Harrison executed the trade independently, keeping the coaching staff separate from the negotiations. This approach represents a clear hierarchical structure where front office decisions remain isolated from coaching influence.

Key Points About the Trade:

Kidd received notification at the final stage
Harrison led negotiations without coaching input
Front office maintained decision autonomy

Kidd has maintained a professional stance regarding the trade, emphasizing his role as an employee focused on coaching the available roster. His position reflects the realities of professional basketball, where personnel changes occur regularly and coaches must adapt.

Fan reaction to the trade has been intense, with much criticism directed at the front office. The fanbase has largely spared Kidd from criticism, possibly due to his limited involvement in the decision-making process.

The trade marks a significant shift for the Mavericks organization, transforming both team composition and strategic direction. As head coach, Kidd faces the task of maximizing the new roster’s potential while navigating the aftermath of trading away the team’s cornerstone player.

Blake Shelton will never know peace again now that Adam Levine is back in a red chair.

Just because Blake Shelton left The Voice to live the farm life in Oklahoma with his wife Gwen Stefani and her three sons doesn’t mean his friendly rival Adam Levine is going to give him a minute of peace.

The two singers are both OG Coaches on the singing competition show, with Shelton lasting over 20 seasons and Levine leaving after 16, then returning for Season 27, making this his first Shelton-less go-round. And he’s handling the separation…not well.

Adam Levine kept texting Blake Shelton during The Voice Blind Auditions

Between Artists during The Voice Season 27, Episode 2 Blind Auditions, Levine reflected on the experience of coming back after a long hiatus. “Such a unique experience being in this chair and I’ve missed it,” he said, though he’s technically not in the same chair as before. John Legend occupies his old seat, and Levine sits in Shelton’s vacated spot.

“I miss Blake,” Levine admitted in the first episode of the season, joking, “I’m in his mangy, musty chair.” Between Artists, Levine visited his old chair and asked Legend if he could have a moment in the seat. Legend politely declined.

In the second episode, Levine told his fellow Coaches, “I just texted Blake and said, ‘I’m in your stupid chair,’” probably hoping to update them with a response from Shelton. When he didn’t get one, he texted again. And again.

Levine proceeded to follow up with 10 more texts, writing, “God I hate you…Haha…Haha…Are you getting these?…Stop being lame…You made at me?…Whatever idiot…I just farted in your chair…Because I hate you. …Fine whatever. You suck eggs.” Ultimately, Shelton got the last laugh, hitting Levine with a cold, “Unsubscribe.”

Adam Levine appears on The Voice Season 27, Episode 1. Photo: Trae Patton/NBC

Kelsea Ballerini is Team Blake all the way

For her first season as a Coach, Kelsea Ballerini needed reinforcements to go up against Levine and enlisted Shelton for a special project: a button on her red chair that, when pressed, plays an insult Shelton lobbed at Levine in years past. “I have it for when I really need some backup,” Ballerini explained.

There are four quotes: “Adam’s a big baby,” “Adam…won’t shut up,” “Adam, you say a lot of stupid stuff,” and “Adam’s a crappy Coach.” Why Levine thought he’d get anything kinder over text is a true mystery.

Wanna try the chair out for yourself? It’ll be on tour this spring. Check out all the dates and locations here.

The “Hawk Tuah” Girl, Haliey Welch, has broken her silence after disappearing for two months.

Haliey Welch (Poto via ‘Talk Tuah’)

Welch, who immediately went under fire after her failed meme coin launch, disappeared amid calls from social media asking for her to be jailed.

The coin, $HAWK, lost investors a lot of money while the developers made off with millions after what appeared to be a neat pump-and-dump scheme.

Haliey has maintained her innocence, claiming she was also a victim as she was merely promoting the coin and didn’t have anything to do with the back-end work.

Her ‘Talk Tuah’ podcast, which had been dormant since the failed launch in December, was back with an episode this week; FaZe Banks was on as a guest. The episode isn’t officially out and leaked online this Thursday as it was prematurely uploaded before being quickly deleted. Of course, the internet was able to save some of it.

“I want to start by saying thank you to all my true fans,” Hailey began.

She continued by saying her team was still trying to figure but couldn’t hold back the tears.

“I feel really bad for all the people that got affected by it,” Welch added while explaining how the venture was sold to her.

Check it out in the video below:

FaZe Banks Lashes Out At Haliey Welch’s Team In Fiery Rant

Banks had previously advised the “Hawk Tuah” Girl to fire her team. He revealed he agreed to appear on the podcast under some strict conditions, including not allowing the episode to get leaked and manipulate the market, as well as providing a fix after the coin’s mismanagement.

“Now today, the episode ‘randomly’ gets leaked. The price of $HAWK is pumping, and they completely fumbled the bag, yet again,” he tweeted as he accused Welch’s people of insider trading and mishandling the situation.

“Fire everybody, your team’s f**king retarded,” he added.

The YouTuber also advised everyone to “stay far away” from $HAWK as most of it is owned by unknown devs.

Erin Andrews felt really bad for Travis Kelce.

Erin Andrews and Travis Kelce (Photos via USA Today)

Kelce suffered a heartbreaking loss when his team, the Kansas City Chiefs, got demolished at the hands of the Philadelphia Eagles.

While Travis Kelce was spotted rushing to meet Taylor Swift and his family, the Fox Sports reporter revealed what really happened when she saw him after the Super Bowl.

In the latest episode of her hit podcast, Calm Down, with Charissa Thompson, Andrews revealed the message she gave to Kelce after Super Bowl LIX.

Erin Andrews said, “The shot they have of him coming from the locker room, now you know he was going up to the suite, I didn’t. I was just getting off the field and he was just walking out and I was kind of like walking like. ‘f–k it. I just turned around and I walked up to him because I don’t want to bug him, but like no. That’s our friend, and this really sucks. I gave him a hug and said, ‘I’m so sorry. I love you. I’m so sorry.’”

“And I just walked up to him and he stopped and I gave him a big hug and I was just like ‘I’m so sorry, I love you, I’m so sorry.’ They’re humans too, you know, this just in.”

Andrews and Kelce have been friends for years.

Erin Andrews Wants Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce To Get Married

Erin Andrews recently expressed her thoughts on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship.

They have been dating since 2023, and things appear to be headed to the next level.

Erin Andrews is the latest celebrity to encourage Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce to get married.

The Fox Sports commentator told People Magazine, “I would like a marriage. Man, they’re great. I love them so much. I think they are so cute, and I love how they support each other.”

Andrews and Charissa Thompson joked back in 2023 that they played matchmaker for Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.’

Fallon asked them, “You guys predicted Kelce and Taylor?”

“Yes, Jimmy, we are responsible,” replied Thompson.

The Voice Season 27 Coaches are already A+ at banter.

Don’t mess with Texas…or Tennessee. Nashvillians stick together, as The Voice Coach Adam Levine found out when he tried to troll an absent Blake Shelton on the show, only for fellow Coach Kelsea Ballerini to swiftly come to Shelton’s defense. Here’s what happened.

First, Jaelen Johnson charmed all the Coaches on The Voice

The 21-year-old singer, songwriter, and guitar player Jaelen Johnson attributes his success to “hard work, dedication, and manners,” and it was the manners that first got the Coaches blushing. When Ballerini asked the cowboy hat-wearing Artist if he also writes, he responded “Yes, ma’am,” which made the star feel just a little older. Johnson also had the perfect response when asked what his end goal is: “Up until today it was a chair turn.”

Ballerini pitched herself as a Coach, promising to focus on “figuring out what the full realm of you as an Artist is,” and then it was Levine’s turn, which of course got him a “Yes, sir” from Johnson.

“I feel like a little bit old,” Levine admitted. Coach John Legend praised Johnson’s authenticity, and Michael Bublé said of the Johnson’s style, “Just because I don’t know it as well doesn’t mean I don’t love it.”

Jaelen Johnston on The Voice Season 27, Episode 2. Photo: Christine Bartolucci/NBC

During his moment with Johnson, Levine said, “My batting average when it comes to convincing Artists to come to my team is extremely poor because of that big, smelly guy Blake Shelton.” Not one to back down from a challenge, Ballerini immediately quipped, “Don’t talk about my dad like that.” It got a full belly laugh from Levine. (If you’re confused, no, Ballerini and Shelton are not related, just two generations of Nashville musicians.)

Perhaps sensing that dissing Shelton was not the way to win this Artist, Levine pivoted, saying, “You’re too good for me to have not turned my chair around. The tone of your voice is so unmistakably full and strong.”

Then, just a minute after blaming Shelton for his lack of country experience, Levine touted their friendship, saying, “I know a guy and I’m sitting in his chair.” Despite these valiant attempts, the “cutie patootie cowboy” chose Team Kelsea.

Chrisean Rock has popped off on Soulja Boy, following him sharing a few words about Blueface.

Soulja Boy Shares A Few Words About Blueface

On Monday, February 10, Soulja took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share a few NSFW words about Blue.

“I heard you in jail getting r***d in the booty @bluefacebleedem,” he wrote.

Immediately, X users hopped into his replies. One user seemed to believe Soulja may have been trolling to aid in promoting his music.

Meanwhile, another user asked Soulja if he was “trying to the new Ye.”

Another user spoke about Soulja needing “attention.”

Chrisean Rock Responds & Pops Off

Chrisean Rock apparently also caught wind of Soulja Boy’s words. In a clip shared by Instagram user @mesha_cml-gossip, Rock told Soulja to “stop playing” with Blue, noting that he’s behind bars and unable to publicly clap back.

“…Stop talking s**t about a n***a while they locked up. They locked up, let him be locked up,” Rock told viewers while seemingly livestreaming. “…When he told you pull up and he had no security, he was by himself in a Maybach, at the liquor store, on live, where [was] Soulja Boy?”

Furthermore, a separate clip obtained by @livebitez on X showed Rock’s additional words for Soulja.

Amid Frustrating Chrisean Rock, Soulja Boy Also Sparked A Feud With Marlon Wayans

Amid Soulja Boy sparking words from Chrisean Rock, he also sparked a feud with Marlon Wayans. As The Shade Room previously reported, on Monday, February 10, Soulja also called out Wayans, calling him a b***h and claiming he sold his soul.

In turn, Wayans popped off — sharing words about Soulja being a “coon.”

It was obvious, but the Bucks didn’t get it done.

Milwaukee Bucks v Atlanta Hawks | Kevin C. Cox/GettyImages

The Milwaukee Bucks made several moves at the NBA Trade Deadline, but in the three games since, it’s the moves they didn’t make that are haunting them.

It was clear that Milwaukee needed to get younger and more athletic in the frontcourt, and Jon Horst addressed this by adding young big man Jericho Sims. However, Sims hasn’t played in any of the last three games, and it’s largely because the Milwaukee Bucks didn’t clear any room for him at the center spot by keeping both Brook Lopez and Bobby Portis on the roster.

Keeping both is quickly proving to be a troublesome decision for the slumping Milwaukee Bucks.

The Bucks’ problems at center have loomed large all season

For months now, teams have feasted on Brook Lopez and Bobby Portis, especially when they are on the floor together. The pair simply don’t have the athleticism, mobility or speed to keep up with young players of all positions. Over the last three contests, they have been playing hefty minutes due to the absence of Giannis Antetokounmpo, and it’s been a glaring issue for this team (1-2 in that stretch).

In Milwaukee’s recent loss to Atlanta, Mouhamed Gueye had a day to remember with 15 points and and 12 rebounds, flexing his athletic ability and young motor. In Monday’s loss to Golden State, the pair were thoroughly outplayed by Quinten Post, who just had his contract converted to a standard deal, as he poured in 13 points on three made 3-pointers.

Young bigs are finding success against Milwaukee, and part of that has to do with the slow-footed play of the Bucks’ centers.

Obviously, the Giannis-sized hole in the lineup is playing a part in this. When he returns, the Bucks can roll with more small-ball lineups, lessening the need for Lopez and Portis while relying more on Kuzma to play the four and Giannis at the five. However, even then, Lopez and Portis are still going to earn the bulk of the minutes at center, and that’s been a consistent issue.

Keeping both Lopez and Portis could serve as a lingering issue for the remainder of the NBA season, especially if Doc Rivers continues ignoring the athletic ability of Jericho Sims. Would Sims come in and be the needle-mover for Milwaukee? No, but remember when the Bucks benched Delon Wright and Pat Connaughton and relied on young pieces like AJ Green, Andre Jackson Jr. and Ryan Rollins? That was a step in the right direction that fueled an early-season turnaround for the Bucks.

Something similar here could help mightily at the center spot. Just simply injecting some youth and athleticism at center could work wonders for this team. As just discussed with the other rising young Milwaukee Bucks, Rivers has changed up his rotations before, and it’s time for him to give it another go at the center spot before it’s too late.

Keeping one of the two centers would have made sense, given that Milwaukee could cycle between whichever big and Sims to give them different looks, but retaining both was a head-scratcher due to how much the Bucks have been hampered by their lack of athleticism and mobility all season.

Stay tuned for more Milwaukee Bucks analysis.

Pageant queen and former cheerleader Jordon Hudson is celebrating the four-year anniversary of when she met her future boyfriend, 72-year-old Bill Belichick.

Hudson shared a series of snaps on her Instagram account – which appeared to include an image from the NFL Honors.

The first image was of her hand on Belichick’s – with Hudson wearing two kinds of rings (a diamond one and what appeared to be a championship ring) while Belichick wore his Super Bowl rings.
The second slide featured a video of Hudson opening up the book that she had Belichick sign when they first met on an airplane back in 2021.

Belichick’s inscription included the date and said, ‘Jordon, Thanks for giving me a course on logic! Safe travels!’ along with his name and all the Super Bowls he’d won.

Hudson’s caption read, ‘February 11, 2025 [arrow emoji] February 11, 2021. Happy Meetiversary @billbelichick – Cheers to the fact that you still let me give you lengthy philosophical lectures four years later. #LoveIsNotLogical #EvenThoughItKindOfIs #Ironic #IPhilToPhil’

Jordon Hudson (R) is celebrating the four-year anniversary of meeting Bill Belichick (L)

She posted an appreciation post for her boyfriend after they’d been dating for three years

Hudson even showed off the inscription Belichick left in the book she read when they met

She added, ‘P.S. – @nfl, that Championship Ring is mine’ – confirming that the one she wore was from when she won the national championships in cheerleading with Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts.

Belichick and Hudson met on a flight down to Florida back in 2021 and have remained in touch ever since.

That includes their relationship – which Hudson unveiled began back in 2022 via an Instagram post she made on New Years.

She also showed a picture of what appears to be a man’s hand holding her phone as it played the Taylor Swift song ‘New Year’s Day.’

But it was the clinking glasses picture that drew particular attention as Hudson hit out at ‘keyboard warriors’ who have been criticizing the 24-year-old’s relationship with the 72-year-old Belichick since it was first publicly revealed last summer.

Hudson’s caption read, ‘Cheers!!! To our 3rd midnights’ kiss’ before she went off on her detractors.

‘Nothing changed for us in 2024 except for “public knowledge”: yet somehow everything changed. 4th calendar year; going strong,’ she said.

She then added in fine print, ‘I can’t wait to take punches for you in 2025. Keep swinging, Keyboard Warriors. Your illusion of righteousness only fuels my authenticity.’

Jordon Hudson revealed she’s been dating Bill Belichick for three years in an Instagram post

Hudson posted the news to Instagram where she also clapped back at her haters

The ‘third midnights kiss’ and ‘fourth calendar year’ comments are particularly notable because news of Belichick’s split from his former partner, TV anchor Linda Holliday, only became public knowledge in late 2023.

People Magazine reported in September of 2023 that Belichick and Holliday separated after 16 years together – but added that the ‘relationship ran its course’ and that the two had ‘been pretty separate for a while.’

‘Bill is all about football and very busy now,’ People’s sources said at the time. ‘He doesn’t want a lot of public attention on this.’

As Belichick was being unveiled as the new head football coach at the University of North Carolina, where Hudson was watching on, Holliday took to Instagram to share a cryptic messa

Alongside a caption which read ‘I don’t know who needs to hear this today but it’s so accurate’, she reposted a mindfulness picture.

In the graphic, there are two sections: ‘In my control’ and ‘out of my control’.

Seemingly, Holliday was trying to remind herself that ‘the actions of others’ and ‘what happens around me’ are out of her control, while she is able to control ‘how I move on from failures’ and ‘my mindset’, among other things.

The ‘four calendar year’ timeline may overlap with Belichick’s split from ex Linda Hollida.

Belichick and Hudson have been going strong since their relationship was revealed last year

Since their relationship was made ‘public knowledge’ (as Hudson put it) last summer, Belichick and the 24-year-old former college cheerleader have been seen together plenty.
Throughout the summer, they were spotted enjoying the rays and waves on Nantucket in Massachusetts.

They’ve remained together since – with the couple hitting the red carpet at a gala in New York City in December.

But there’s also been plenty of criticism over the age gap in their relationship – though it’s clear that neither party seems to mind.

In recent days, rumors have swirled that Hudson and Belichick could be engaged after exclusive DailyMail.com photos captured Hudson wearing a diamond ring while out in New Orleans on Wednesday night.

It was this ring which fueled speculation that the couple could be bound for marriage after dating for three years.

The stunning trade that sent five-time All-Star Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, and in exchange, nine-time All-Star Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks continues to reverberate for both teams, and throughout the NBA. On Monday, after he played just one game for his new team, Davis was sidelined with an adductor strain — an injury that used to be called a “groin pull” — and will miss “multiple weeks.”

On the other end of the trade, the 25-year-old Doncic had played only 22 of the Mavericks’ 49 games prior to the trade, none since Christmas Day, and went on to sit out his first three games as a Laker. The 2018-2019 NBA Rookie of the Year was suffering from a left calf strain — but he finally suited up and made his Lakers debut on Monday in a game at home against the Utah Jazz.
The Lakers blew the Jazz out in that one, 132-113. Doncic made a modest contribution, playing only 24 minutes while scoring 14 points with five assists and six rebounds.

More Bad News About Health of Doncic

But heading into the away half of the two-game series with Utah Wednesday, the team’s final game before the NBA heads into its weeklong All-Star break, the Lakers got more bad news about their newest superstar acquisition. On the NBA’s daily injury report for February 12, Doncic is once again listed as “questionable” heading into Wednesday’s game, scheduled for 7 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (9 p.m. Eastern) at Delta Center in Salt Lake City.

The injury report status makes it seem likely that Doncic will again sit out the game in which, despite playing away from home, the 32-19 Lakers are listed as 9.5 point favorites over the 12-40 Jazz.

Doncic was not selected to the All-Star roster this season, breaking a streak of five consecutive All-Star appearances for the Ljubljana, Slovenia, native who was picked by the Atlanta Hawks in the first round, No. 3 overall, of the 2018 NBA draft. The Hawks then quickly traded Doncic to Dallas for the Mavericks’ top pick, No. 5 overall, Trae Young, as well as a first round pick in 2019.

His absence from All-Star Weekend means that if Doncic sits out again on Wednesday, he gets a break of eight full days to further rest his calf strain before the Lakers resume action on February 19 at home against the Charlotte Hornets. By that time, Los Angeles presumably hopes, Doncic will feel up to taking his place alongside Lebron James as half of a dual threat that has the potential to lead the Lakers to their 18th NBA championship.

Doncic received 1.6 million All-Star votes, third highest among all guards. But in the NBA selection process, fan voting counts for only 50 percent of the final decision. Votes from players, coaches and a media panel comprise the other half.

Mavs Owner Implies Doncic Lacks ‘Focus’

But how quickly will Doncic recover from the lingering injury? The player’s physical conditioning and discipline has been called into question before, and shortly after the trade Mavericks’ owner Patrick Dumont appeared to say that Doncic did not have the “right character” to help the Mavericks — who made the NBA Finals last season only to lose in five games to the Boston Celtics — build for the future. Doncic battled injuries throughout the Finals against Boston.

“In my mind the way teams win is by focus, by having the right character, by having the right culture, and having the right dedication to work as hard as possible to create a championship-winning outcome,” Dumont said, as quoted by CBS Sports. “If you don’t have that, it doesn’t work. And if you don’t have that, you shouldn’t be part of the Dallas Mavericks.
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The latest NBA rumors reveal that there was at least some chatter with the Milwaukee Bucks about a potential Giannis Antetokounmpo trade. This prompted a strong reaction from the Bucks about opposing teams’ chances of striking a blockbuster NBA trade for the superstar.

Antetokounmpo’s three-year, $175.3 million contract is slated to run through at least the 2026-27 NBA season. The Bucks star has a player option for 2027-28, meaning Antetokounmpo could be a free agent as soon as 2027.

According to longtime NBA writer Gery Woelfel, the Dallas Mavericks inquired about a trade for Antetokounmpo before ultimately swapping Luka Doncic for Anthony Davis.

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo reacts. Brad Penner-Imagn Images

“To my utter surprise, some of those officials flat-out disputed [Mavericks general manager Nico] Harrison’s comments that he strictly communicated with just the Lakers,” the analyst wrote for Woelfel’s Press Box on Tuesday.

“According two NBA officials, the Mavs had interactions with at least two other teams besides the Lakers. They claimed the Mavs also had conversations with the Bucks and Timberwolves. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out which players from those teams would have piqued the Mavs’ interest,” Woelfel added.

“With the Bucks, it was Giannis Antetokounmpo, a two-time MVP who led the Bucks to the NBA title in 2021. Antetokounmpo happens to have a strong rapport with Mavs coach Jason Kidd and his right-hand man, Sean Sweeney.”

There did not appear to be a mutual interest from the Bucks about a potential blockbuster trade. Milwaukee quickly shot down the idea of the team moving on from Antetokounmpo.
“According to one source, the Mavs reached out to the Bucks,” Woelfel noted. “But the Bucks made it clear to Mavs they wouldn’t trade Antetokounmpo even though his future with the team is murky.”

It did not appear to have legs, but it is interesting to imagine another world where the blockbuster NBA trade had Doncic getting swapped for Antetokounmpo. The Bucks clearly value having Antetokounmpo over Doncic.