#jason kidd/wild fire

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Headcanon for Feral tall bois

The reason why Jarod didn't go after the Teen/Player is because Jason stopped him. Jason was able to calm Jarod down, it's rare that anyone can calm Jarod down but Jason has perfected a skill to it and in the other level Jarod is veryyyyyy good at calming down Jason when he starts his Wild Fire business.... they've got each other's backs....Lord knows someone has to

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NBA coaching tracker, latest updates: Blazers hire Chauncey Billups; Jamahl Mosley to coach Magic, per report

Getty Images The NBA Finals are underway after what's been several wild and unpredictable playoff rounds. As teams enter the offseason, coaches are getting the pink slip as franchises try to overhaul things before next season.In the latest move, the Orlando Magic are reportedly hiring Jamahl Mosley, who has served as an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks. He replaces head coach Steve Clifford as the two sides mutually agreed to part ways. The Portland Trail Blazers let go of Terry Stotts, the second-winningest coach in franchise history, after his fourth first-round exit in five years. Star point guard Damian Lillard soon endorsed two former star point guards for the position: Jason Kidd and Chauncey Billups. Kidd withdrew his name from consideration, so the Blazers ultimately landed on Billups, the 2004 Finals MVP, for his first head-coaching position. They reportedly gave the Los Angeles Clippers' assistant a five-year deal to take the reins. The Indiana Pacers let go of Nate Bjorkgren after just one season as head coach as the franchise looks for someone with more experience to lead this playoff-contending team. That someone is ex-Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle, who returns to Indiana on a reported four-year, $29 million deal. Carlisle, who led the club to a championship in 2011, stepped away from his post after 13 years in Dallas. Carlisle was head coach of Pacers from 2003-07 and made the playoffs three times, including a trip to the conference finals in 2004. On his way out of Dallas, Carlisle endorsed Jason Kidd (via ESPN) as the next Mavs coach because "he and Luka have so many things in common as players." The Boston Celtics shockingly made two massive moves as coach Brad Stevens will be transitioning to become the franchise's new president, replacing longtime president Danny Ainge, who decided to step down. Now, Stevens and the Celtics are reportedly close to finalizing a deal to make Brooklyn Nets assistant Ime Udoka his replacement on the sideline, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Also, the New Orleans Pelicans and Washington Wizards parted ways with Stan Van Gundy and Scott Brooks, respectively.  We'll keep you updated below with all the coaching moves around the league.

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The NBA coaching carousel is about to get wild again

The NBA did not have a single coaching change last season. That ... will not happen this year.

Last season, no NBA head coach was fired for the first time in 46 years. That unprecedented stability carried over into the summer, as no teams changed coaches in the offseason.

This combination created a spectacularly shocking reality: every team began the 2017-18 season with the same head coach who led them to begin the 2016-17 season. In a league where the average tenure is three years and where we’ve seen recent years with double-digit turnover, this was completely unexpected.

Don’t get used to it. The dam looks like it’s going to break over the next few weeks.

As it is, three coaches were fired during the 2017-18 season: Earl Watson by the Suns, David Fizdale by the Grizzlies, and Jason Kidd by the Bucks. While their interim replacements may be candidates this summer for the permanent job, it’d be wise to expect fully open recruitments. The Suns, in fact, have already begun their search. The Grizzlies will soon do the same, if they aren’t quietly already reaching out to candidates. The Bucks have at least one playoff series to get through before that search begins.

There are likely to be other openings, as well, especially given how awful so many teams have been.

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Among the worst teams in the league, one would not expect the Magic’s Frank Vogel to feel terribly secure. While Vogel is completing just the second year of his 4-year, $22 million deal, Orlando has a new front office led by Jeff Weltman. Vogel has been ineffective in turning the clay of questionable quality given to him into anything like a winning team, as Scott Skiles and Jacque Vaughn were before him. The Magic have actually regressed under Vogel, dropping from 35 wins in Skiles’ only season to 29 last year and 23 this season with five games to go. But with eight figures still owed to Vogel, that’s a big gulp for the Magic to take.

Atlanta’s Mike Budenholzer and Sacramento’s Dave Joerger are likely safe because expectations are so low in the wake of rebuilding decisions made by their respective front offices and, in the Hawks’ case, the star free agents who left. We could, of course, be surprised.

Brooklyn’s Kenny Atkinson is almost assuredly safe; consider him the new Brett Brown, being paid to suck up these losses while the franchise inches slowly toward the light at the end of the tunnel. We could, of course, be surprised.

The Mavericks’ Rick Carlisle isn’t going anywhere. We already mentioned the Grizzlies and Suns, who will be on the market.

That leaves us with the two quasi-atrocious teams in the East: the Bulls and Knicks.

Chicago has invested plenty in Fred Hoiberg, and due to various circumstances — including Hoiberg’s inability to truly connect with Jimmy Butler — that hasn’t worked out wonderfully for the Bulls. They could cut bait this summer or continue an abrupt rebuilding process for another year or two under Hoiberg. Jeff Hornacek, meanwhile, is two years into a more modest 3-year deal with New York. Like Orlando, the Knicks now have a front office that didn’t hire the coach. That’s always a recipe for a switch. We’ll see.

Among the other non-playoff teams, there’s a lot of mystery. Luke Walton isn’t going anywhere. Stan Van Gundy isn’t going to fire himself, but boy does he look miserable pretty often. Could he get out of Detroit, either under his own power or due to decree from on high?

The Hornets’ Steve Clifford is incredibly well-respected and has a relationship with likely new general manager Mitch Kupchak, having worked together with the Lakers. But it’s time to rebuild in Charlotte, probably, and the Hornets have been disappointing in two consecutive years.

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Playoff teams don’t often fire their coaches, though we know at least one playoff team will have a coaching search (Milwaukee).

Two teams in the Western race are going to miss out on the postseason, and that could spell doom for their coaches. It’s widely accepted, though not confirmed, that Denver’s Michael Malone needs to make the playoffs or his tenure will end. The Nuggets are one game out, as of Wednesday morning.

The Clippers’ Doc Rivers had his front office powers stemmed last summer. He’s done an admirable job bringing this injury-riddled team into playoff contention, but the question with Doc is more whether his personal vision for the next twist in his career lines up with what the new Clippers’ braintrust wants to do with the team. They could very well decide to part ways mutually.

New Orleans’ Alvin Gentry has been on the hot seat for almost two years. The Pelicans have been brilliant in surviving DeMarcus Cousins’ injury as long as they have, and Gentry will likely get some Coach of the Year votes if New Orleans makes the playoffs. (And perhaps even if they don’t.) But finishing No. 9 could spell the end for him, especially if there is turnover in the front office, which is quite possible.

Oklahoma City’s Billy Donovan makes a ton of money in a small market, and it appears Russell Westbrook and Paul George like him, so there’s no smoke there unless something changes. No other Western playoff coaches should have any fear of being let go.

The same is true in the East. Toronto’s Dwane Casey — on the hot seat last year primarily because of disappointing playoff performance from the Raptors — is a top contender for Coach of the Year. If the Raptors completely tank out of the playoffs, maybe something happens. (But they won’t, so it won’t.)

Washington’s Scott Brooks might be a whispered name if the Wizards weren’t dedicated to stability. He’ll be fine.

No one else in the East playoffs should have fear. Half of them are Coach of the Year candidates. Brett Brown probably deserves a Nobel Prize — or better, a bonus — for putting up with The Process long enough to reap its fruit.

After all that, we have three definite openings and eight maybes. If the majority of those maybes turn into action, that’s a huge chunk of the league to turn over in one summer, especially after a year and change of stability.

It’s never good to see anyone lose their job, but it’s a fact of life in pro sports. The fantastic compensation soothes the sting in most cases. All those top-flight assistants, former head coaches, and ex-players ought to brush up their resumés, because the NBA coaching carousel is back.

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2018 Arkansas Literary Festival Schedule

Some of the highlights.

THURSDAY 4/26

"Then and Now." Art and illustration by Frank Morrison. 5:30 p.m., Hearne Fine Art.

"Bygone Badass Broads." Mackenzi Lee's history of trailblazers. 6 p.m., ESSE Purse Museum.

"The Queen of Rockabilly." Wanda Jackson in concert. 7 p.m., Ron Robinson Theater, $20.

FRIDAY 4/27

"Wanda Jackson Uncensored." Moderated by Anthony DeCurtis. Noon, Main Library, Darragh Center.

"Puff Pastry, Sweet and Savory." Martin Philip of King Arthur Flour. Noon, Eggshells Kitchen Co., $15.

"Author! Author!" A fete in honor of the lit fest guests. 7 p.m., Main Library, $25-$40.

SATURDAY 4/28

The Kinders. A program of children's music. 9:30 a.m., Hillary Rodham Clinton Children's Library.

"Wickedly Good Free Book Fair." 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Hillary Rodham Clinton Children's Library.

"Black American Voices." Author and NBA All-Star Joe Barry Carroll. 10 a.m., Main Library, Darragh Center.

"I Literature and Language." Authors Michelle Kuo and Kory Stamper. 10 a.m., Ron Robinson Theater.

"About Family." Authors Anne Fadiman and David Giffels. 10 a.m., Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, room 124.

"Jump Girl: The Initiation and Art of a Spirit Speaker." Medium and memoirist Salicrow. 10 a.m., River Market Books & Gifts.

"Hillbilly/Cult." Authors Blake Perkins and Debby Schriver. 10 a.m., Historic Arkansas Museum.

"Fish Tales." Authors Jennifer Case and Mark Spitzer. 10 a.m., Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center.

"Ozarkian Gothic." Authors Kelly J. Ford and Jarret Middleton. 10 a.m., Main Library, Fribourgh Room.

"Let the Children March." Author Monica Clark-Robinson and illustrator Frank Morrison. 10:30 a.m., Hillary Rodham Clinton Children's Library.

"Poetic Justice." Educators Ellen Stackable and Hannah Al-Jibouri. 11:30 a.m., Ron Robinson Theater.

"Story Stew." Author Jason Gallaher. 11:30 a.m., Main Library, Youth Services.

"Unf*ckology." Author Amy Alkon. 11:30 a.m., Main Library, Darragh Center.

"Lou Reed: A Life." Author Anthony DeCurtis. 11:30 a.m., Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, room 124.

"Rich and Thrilling." Authors Julia Heaberlin and Nathaniel Rich. 11:30 a.m., River Market Books & Gifts.

"The Way Forward." Authors Carmen Maria Machado and Bennett Sims. 11:30 a.m., Historic Arkansas Museum.

"Provocative Territories." Authors Ken Ilgunas and Doug Mack. 11:30 a.m., Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center.

"Fire Sermon." Author Jamie Quatro. 11:30 a.m., Christ Episcopal Church.

"Race and Religion." Authors Daisy Khan and Ijeoma Oluo. 1 p.m., Ron Robinson Theater.

"American Runway." Fashion editor Booth Moore. 1 p.m., Main Library, Darragh Center.

"Southern Women." Authors Julie Cantrell, Liz Talley and Annie England Noblin. 1 p.m., Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, room 124.

"Carnival of Now." Authors Julia Whicker and Anjali Sachdeva. 1 p.m., River Market Books & Gifts.

"America's Excalibur." Co-authors Bill Worthen and Mark Zalesky. 1 p.m., Historic Arkansas Museum.

"Poems for a New Communion." Poets Lisa Zordal, Molly McCully-Brown and Jacob Shores-Arguelo. 1 p.m., Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center.

"Rescue Dogs." Author Grace Vest and the Humane Society of Pulaski County. 1:30 p.m., Hillary Rodham Clinton Children's Library.

"Devilish Family Crimes." Authors Dorothy Marcic and Charlotte Laws. 2:30 p.m., Ron Robinson Theater.

"Teen Poet Laureate." A spoken word competition. 2:30 p.m., Main Library, Level 4.

"You Play the Spinster." Authors Carina Chocano and Daniel Mallory Ortberg. 2:30 p.m., Main Library, Darragh Center.

"Peach Whiskey." Authors Emma Glass and Leesa Cross-Smith. 2:30 p.m., Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, room 124.

"Toys of Desperation." Karen Fry, Karen Tricot Steward and George Jensen discuss a novel by the late Ben Fry. 2:30 p.m., River Market Books & Gifts.

"Breaking Bread." Baker, author and banjoist Martin Philip. 2:30 p.m. Historic Arkansas Museum.

"Calling the Wild." Author Mike Lewis on duck hunting. 2:30 p.m., Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center.

"Fiction & Fact." Writers Guy Choate, Monica Lewis, Taunya Kidd and John Lambert. 2:30 p.m., Main Library, Fribourgh Room.

"Sun Kings." Authors Gilbert King and Bryan Mealer. 4 p.m., Ron Robinson Theater.

"Heavenly Scribes." Authors Carmen Boullosa and Kevin Brockmeier. 4 p.m., Main Library, Darragh Center.

"Cartoonists." Artists Trina Robbins, Erin Nations and M.K. Czerwiec. 4 p.m., Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, room 124.

"Beyond Borders." Authors Ibi Zoboi and Shanthi Sekaran. 4 p.m., River Market Books & Gifts.

"Timeless Trio." Authors Lee Conell, Christine Schutt and Matthew Pitt. 4 p.m., Historic Arkansas Museum.

"An Evening With Sebastian Junger." 7 p.m., Ron Robinson Theater, free, reservations on Eventbrite.

"Pub or Perish." Fest guests, locals and open mic participants read from their work. 7 p.m., Stickyz Rock 'n' Roll Chicken Shack. Presented by the Arkansas Times.

"Lou Reed Tribute." Isaac Alexander, DOT and Iron Tongue. 10:15 p.m., Four Quarter Bar, $5.

SUNDAY 4/29

"Factor Man." Author and crossword puzzle creator Matt Ginsberg. 1 p.m., Sturgis Hall, Clinton School of Public Service.

"Arkansas Beer." Author Bryan Sorenson. 1:30 p.m., Flyway Brewing. $5 beer/flight, reserve on Eventbrite.

"Desegregation." Authors Wayne A. Wiegand and Laverne Bell-Tolliver. 3 p.m., Main Library, Darragh Center.

"Let Them Eat Pie." A pie bake-off and recipe swap. 4 p.m., The Root Cafe.

"Classic in Context: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." With Cherisse Jones-Branch. 5:30 p.m., Ron Robinson Theater, free, reserve on Eventbrite.

"Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise." A screening of the 2016 documentary. 6:30 p.m., Ron Robinson Theater, free, reserve at Eventbrite.

2018 Arkansas Literary Festival Schedule

[hoffmans-hoffman]

Jason: If I'm honest, I wouldn't trust two shady figures...one in the backseat with a gun and one in the front seat with a gun

Player: Two guns?

Jarod: Well I wasn't going to trust him without a gun...

Jason: Oh hey, there is a gun on the floor back here

Player: THREE?!

Jarod: No fair, Give it to me

Jason: No, No it's mine

[hoffmans-hoffman]

Jason, too drunk: LISTEN!!! LISTENNNNNN

Jarod, passed out:

Jason, mask still on: IF Tyrak wants ME DEAD!! THEy CaN COME FOR ME

Robert: ...Now you know why I don't invite them

John, trying to calm Jason down:

Jason: AND YoU I REMEmber I rEalLy don't LIKE YOU

Jarod still passed out:

Jason: FUCK YOU

[hoffmans-hoffman]

Jason: Jar...

Jarod:

[hoffmans-hoffman]

Jason: Fucking fuck fuck! FUCk

Jarod: four fucks...mhm

Jason trying to fix the Taxi engine: Fucking fuck, fuck, FUCK, FUCKING, IM GOING TO FUCKING FUCK!

Jarod lighting a cigarette: Eleven now

Jason: This fucking piece of fucking shit!!!! FUCK!

Jarod: Fourteen

Jason: I fucking hate this

Jarod: Fifteen....

Jason: mhm

[hoffmans-hoffman]

*waves hand screaming*

What if one of the routes was Jason and Jarod saving the player and getting them to the border and Jason is giggling saying shit like “We're going to fucking die„ and “Death waits for us„ and Jarod for once is like “Stop it your spooking the kid„ and they get the kid to the wall but police surround them and Jason protects Jarod as he gets the player over the border and the last thing the player sees is Jason and Jarod standing back to back

“Lola would be proud, saving a kid...„

“Dying in the process?„

“Hey, at least I'm with you...„

“It could be worst...hehe„

And as the player's feet touch the other side they hear gunshots.

I'm not okay

[hoffmans-hoffman]

Pov: Your taking a Taxi ride with Jarod and Jason, your stuck have to to listen to Jason's headphone music

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Jason is a asleep you kinda think he's dead because he's stopped snoring and Jarod is just vibing as the drive

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[hoffmans-hoffman]

“Sorry the last time someone said close your eyes and open wide, I passed out and woke up drooly and having this burnt Glasgow smile, so excuse me if I don't trust you„

- Jason to the Teen, Who is just trying to give him a cookie

[hoffmans-hoffman]

John: And he drank gas!

Jason: That was o-

Jarod on no-ones side: Four times to be exact....

Robert: He used to work for Tyrak, but we still keep him around

Jason: when Wild Fire takes over...I can't do much to stop him

Jarod lighting a match: I'm not saying your expendable

Robert to Jason: That's exactly what he's saying

[hoffmans-hoffman]

Jason: Did you have to stab them?

Shani: You weren't there. You didn't hear what he said to me.

Jason: What did he say?

Shani: What are you gonna do, stab me

Jarod: That's fair

@sclvixtcxnnxcticn

[hoffmans-hoffman]

Jason everytime he pisses Jarod off by calling him Jar:

[hoffmans-hoffman]

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Lunatic's helper: A Jason Kidd/Wild Fire playlist pt 1

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“What can I say, I like helping him...it passes the time and it's for a good cause„

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[hoffmans-hoffman]

Info dumping about Jason Kidd/Wild Fire pt 1

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He used to date Sonya

He was like a second dad to lola

He remet Jarod when he was showing in a motel and Jarod just kinda appeared and said “Your going to help me„ and they've been together ever since

[Normally he'd never drive he'd just sit in the back make the rider feel easier about Jarod. Today is the rare day when Jason drives] Jason doesn't drive but there are a few moments were he does wether it's the Taxi or a car he found

Depending on the route, The Teen can find Jason w/o Jarod but it's very rare

Despite his dislike of Sonya, he's chill with Adam

Wild Fire...is what he calls his anger...Wild Fire is...bad

Honestly he and Jarod could just talk in, Mhm, hmm, and Mmms and understand what they meant

He doesn't talk about how he got his burnt Glasgow smile

Tired man