Thought this was really interesting - from Cuban, why Finley pushed for OJ:
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You know, we all were O.J. Mayo fans, but [Mavs great Michael Finley] said it best. He was like, ‘He’s the one guy … that teams are gonna have to pay attention to no matter what.’ You can’t just let him go, because he can impact the game in a variety of different ways. Whereas you might have another guy that has better stats or does this or that better, but you can pretty well game plan for him and you don’t have to worry about him at the end of a game. O.J., you know, if you stay on Dirk, Dirk’s gonna find O.J. and you’ve gotta worry about him at the end of the game. And he can score in so many different ways and impact the game in so many different ways, and he’s 24 years old.
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http://www.nba.com/mavericks/news/in...-mavs-x-factor
Definitely nice to have a guy that teams have to gameplan for - a huge void left by Terry's departure.