Jason Kidd, new Nets coach, has DWI case pending on Long Island

The Associated Press

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Jason Kidd, who was hired to coach the Brooklyn Nets just days after retiring as a player, has a court date next week in New York stemming from a drunken driving arrest last year.

Kidd has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor DWI. A spokesman for prosecutors in Suffolk County on eastern Long Island confirms that Kidd is due in Southampton Town Court on June 20.

Kidd's attorney, Edward Burke Jr., did not return a call for comment.

Kidd suffered minor injuries when his vehicle hit a pole and veered into the woods in Water Mill last July. After his arrest, Kidd said on Twitter that he regretted "any disruption my accident … may have caused members of the community."

The misdemeanor charge carries up to a year in jail.