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Originally Posted by Melonhead
No yeah there were in a bad place. Nothing they could do. Jordan goes back on his word, so the Mavs had to show they were above that, and give Wes what was initially discussed, pre jordan consideration. At least the dude is a fighter...
Imagine we give Monta another contract 2 offseasons ago, knowing what we know now. Parsons isnt the future and he's going to walk (heh) from Dallas because of what Dallas learned about his knees. So many different ways the last few years have gone.
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Mark Cuban knew he wasn't going to get DeAndre Jordan. He was lying when he said DeAndre was going to Dallas. He's done that in the past. He lied about getting other players here too to the Media. Also I don't really think DeAndre Jordan would've fixed the Mavericks. D. Jordan is mainly good because he plays with the best passing PG in the last 10 years and HOFer Chris Paul. The Mavericks don't have anyone like that and they don't have the coach to get the ball to D. Jordan. So you could've expected a drop in D. Jordans scoring. Sometimes when centers aren't getting the ball their defense drops some too. I would see his ppg dropping about 3 and his blocks dropping about 1.5 even.
As for Monta, he wanted to leave. Some of the fans didn't like him. "They thought he was too good at driving the lane and getting through traffic" They wanted a three point shooter like JJ Reddick instead. Shows what those fans knew.