Milwaukee Bucks owners admit errors made in luring Jason Kidd

Jason Kidd's abrupt and messy departure from Brooklyn certainly wasn't choreographed well.

New Bucks owners Marc Lasry and Wes Edens admitted as much Wednesday when Kidd was introduced as Milwaukee's coach.

"We were asked to keep it confidential, and we did, and I think it was, obviously in retrospect, that was a mistake," Lasry said.

The Nets and Bucks agreed to a deal for Kidd on Monday, with the Nets receiving 2015 and 2019 second-round draft picks as compensation. The deal completed a wild few days in which Kidd lost a power struggle with Nets general manager Billy King and then received permission to speak with the Bucks about a job.

Larry Drew reportedly was unaware the Bucks were trying to replace him as coach and was fired once the deal with Kidd was completed.

"This is business, I think Billy said it best, this is business and that's what it comes down to," Kidd said.

Kidd said his agent, Jeff Schwartz, initiated the talks with the Bucks. Kidd's close relationship with Lasry was a factor in the deal getting done.

"I talked to Wes and Marc and that's when it started, that's when the ball started rolling," Kidd said. "I liked what I learned from Wes and Marc and from there, it was taken out of my hands."

Lasry admitted that he should have been forthcoming with his own general manager, John Hammond, about bringing Kidd aboard.

"I think we've learned a lot in this process," Lasry said. "I would tell you our view, which hasn't changed from the beginning, is that all the basketball operations and everything goes through John and I think in this process we learned that we made a mistake and I think we've learned that pretty well."

For his part, Hammond delivered an odd introductory statement in which he failed to mention Kidd by name, emphasizing his selection of Jabari Parker with the No. 2 overall pick in last week's draft.

When asked about his failed power play in Brooklyn and interviewing for the Bucks job while Drew was still the coach, Kidd sidestepped the question.

"When you're a player, you're going to be criticized and as a coach, you're going to be criticized even more because it's about wins and losses and so for me it's being able to get better as a coach," Kidd said.