ESPN sources say Clippers lobbying DeAndre Jordan to reverse his decision to join Dallas

Sounds like every Laker's pitch ever. I mean, LMA had to schedule another meeting because the Lakers failed to actually discuss basketball with him during their first one.

 

What's 250K to a couple billion?

What's a goon to a goblin?

 

I'd take that $250k to pay off bills.... Please donate that money to the "me" foundation..

 

Some good that does. Any team would pay an extra 250k in fines if it meant keeping a key player on their roster. They should be fined a 2nd round draft pick or something that would actually impact the team.

 

I'm just glad Crawford isn't playing for them anymore. That guy was the one guy I was worried about playing the LAC. As long as he's no longer there, I like our chances

 

Last I checked, Jamal Crawford is still on the Clippers.

 

Crawford's horrible play was one of the reasons why we won the series.

 

Yeah, he's still there according to the interweb. But I get what you're saying. I feel like he's crushed us over the years, but I looked it up. He's scored 15.6 ppg against the NBA and 16.2 ppg against us. That's over 35 games. He may be less impactful than you and I are both thinking.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Clippers center DeAndre Jordan has parted ways with his representatives from Relativity Sports, per source.</p>&mdash; Brad Turner (@BA_Turner) <a href="https://twitter.com/BA_Turner/status/638446105093668864">August 31, 2015</a></blockquote>
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I'm surprised that didn't happen sooner, but expected after the fiasco that occurred.

 

**** Dan Fegan

 

Couldnt have happened to a better agency...Hoping Dwight follows suit...soon

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">DeAndre Jordan used Snapchat to contact Doc Rivers about returning to Clippers <a href="http://t.co/ibuAzRQGDl">http://t.co/ibuAzRQGDl</a> <a href="http://t.co/ZoxJpRIrzM">pic.twitter.com/ZoxJpRIrzM</a></p>&mdash; CBS Sports NBA (@CBSSportsNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSSportsNBA/status/642753585395179520">September 12, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

Cuban: Doc Rivers' professional life was over if he didn't get DJ. His back was against the wall and did what he needed to do. Sometimes the deals you don't do are the best ones.

Cowherd: I can make the argument you were gonna overpay.

Cuban: It wasn't so much that. You overpay for your best players because they become part of a team. In aggregate, you hope the sum of the parts is greater. We saw DJ as a cornerstone. If you can't handle the pressure of a week, it's gonna be difficult to handle the pressure of being a cornerstone. It is what it is. We'll play the games and see what happens.

I respect the fact when his professional life was about to dissipate and disappear and go up in the flames, they did what they had to do and got DJ back so more power to them.

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i love the newfound mavs-clips rivalry...or atleast i hope it sticks...

gonna be one of the games i for sure watch this year...

 

I fully expect Cuban to offer a max contract next summer to:

Firstly, Joakim Noah
Secondly, Dwight Howard,
Thirdly, Hassan Whiteside

 

Gonna need to re-read this thread for the lolz. What a great day this was.

 

The Clippers and the Dallas Mavericks don’t play each other until Nov. 11, but that hasn’t stopped two of the organizations’ leaders from taking some shots.

During a recent radio appearance, Dallas owner Mark Cuban said Doc Rivers’ “professional life” would’ve been over if DeAndre Jordan had signed with the Mavericks. Cuban also said he now has doubts whether Jordan can be a “cornerstone player.”

Thursday in an interview withThe Register, Rivers responded to Cuban’s comments.

“I’ll say this. I’m so grateful to work for a team owned by Steve Ballmer, someone who stands for character and substance and who is so loyal,” Rivers said. “He is someone who I know will stand with me, even when things aren’t always going our way. I think what happened with D.J. was he decided to choose substance and character over smoke and mirrors.”

Tuesday on Colin Cowherd’s radio show, Cuban responded to comments Rivers previously made on Cowherd’s show.

“Did you see me out in front of the cameras screaming and yelling and crying? I didn't do that. I was disappointed. I was disappointed internally and I handled it that way,” Rivers said. “Mark tends to do things out in the open and that's fine... when you take shots at DJ, the guy you loved two days ago, but now you don't like so much anymore, I think basically what all that did is told DJ even more that he made the right choice."

Cuban didn’t hesitate to fire back.

“I think the most interesting thing is that it shows you what someone will do when their entire future is vanishing in front of them. And that's exactly what Doc did, and I give him credit for it,” Cuban said. “His professional life was over if he didn't get DJ. And so his back was against the wall and he did what he needed to do, so more power to him. Sometimes the deals you don't do are the best ones, so we'll see.”

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/responds-684378-dallas-rivers.html

 

LMAO
Noone will offer Noah a max.

 

yeah...
like offering the max to a role player...