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Originally Posted by Jack.Kerr
I'm actually NOT blaming Cuban. More like the opposite.
When it comes down to it, I don't think there was anything Cuban could've said that would've been what Jordan really WANTED to hear. Jordan wanted to be respected or at least wanted by his Clippers teammates. There's no way Cuban could offer that.
If Cuban made a mistake it was in misreading what Jordan wanted, misreading what type of player Jordan was prepared to be, and overestimating his own (Cuban's) ability to realize the intersection of those two things.
Cuban's failure is having to resort to Plan Z instead of having a Plan B.
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How are you misreading what a player is telling you he wants? Did Cuban build up this fake fantasy for Jordan or did Jordan build up this fake fantasy to Cuban? Pretty sure reports were consistent with Jordan wanting a bigger role.
I know you aren't technically blaming Cuban, but there is always a woulda, coulda, shoulda when things don't go your way. Thing is, the only thing we know for sure is that Jordan isn't a franchise player.