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Originally Posted by Jack.Kerr
Sigh. Exactly what I was afraid of. Mavs could've had Gasol AND Ariza for what they're paying Parsons. Parsons is probably a better long-term investment, but if you wanted to cinch everything up tight and make one final run up the hill with Dirk during the next couple of years, I'm not sure Ariza and Gasol wouldn't have been a better combination to go with.
No looking back.
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Without getting into whether Dallas would have been able to secure commitments from both players, and while I don't disagree that there would be things to like about the resulting roster, I can't look at it right now and think "opportunity lost", because I think Dallas really needs to have guys on the team whose best years are ahead of them to balance out the decline in Dirk's ability to carry the team, and Parsons fits that need as well as anybody.
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