DALLAS — Jason Kidd said the idea of leaving the Mavericks for the Knicks last summer never even entered his mind.

“I think when you look at what the Knicks did this summer, understanding it was denied, but I never was thinking about leaving,” Kidd said before his Mavericks fell to the Knicks, 113-111, on Wednesday. “I love Dallas, I love working for [owner] Patrick [Dumont], understanding there’s a lot of work to be done to be a champion, and I’m all in to be able to do that. I was drafted here, I won here. I love the city, I love the fans, and so it never crossed my mind to leave Dallas.

“But I think it’s safe to say we all enjoy being wanted, and so, that was a nice touch.”

The Knicks fired Tom Thibodeau after their Eastern Conference Finals loss to the Pacers, and before intervi

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