[ESPN] Parsons: DeAndre & Matthews best 5/2 to play with

You wanna laugh when reading on ESPN who won and who lost between Clippers and Mavs. One writer mentions that DJ resigning still doesn't put them on the same level as SA, GS and OKC. LOL. Zero mention of the Rockets just like last season, you gotta love it.

 

From this.....



....to this....



.....all within a year.

Has karma and justice ever been served so swiftly?

 

The funniest about all this with Parsons is that with his option, the cap jump, and the fact Dallas will most likely miss the playoffs this year, he will be a FA and will go wherever the money is. Dallas will be left with a role player 3/D SG off the worst or 2nd worst injury in bball and a 40 year old PF. Literally nothing else. I don't see how Cuban being the owner overcomes that to recruit 2 or 3 max guys.

 

Parsons is a b**** and a loud mouthed ******* who thinks he is way better than he is. In reality he is just a role player and 4th best option on any team worth its weight

Karma hit this idiot once again. Watch out for another injury riddled season and the lottery you idiot. You went to play with Dirk and Carlisle thinking you'll get to handle the ball more and win a ring. You thought you'd be playing with the best 5/2. You thought Houston was a **** hole

**** OFF and enjoy years of mediocrity

 

You my friend, have made my morning.
Thank you!

 

This is too funny. Cuban was talking **** about Morey's way to build a team. And now Dallas has NOTHING, no future whatsoever, no trade pieces, while Morey has all the chips and then some, 2 stars, 1 25 year old MVP caliber. OH MY GOD this is way too funny!hahahahaha Suck it Dallas! Good luck rebuilding in the Wild Wild West! AHAHAHAHAH!!!

 

Although I do not want to see the Clippers to get DeAndre back, but seeing the Mavs suffering would be more fun. Clippers are not going to win a title anytime soon, and the Mavs will suck for a long time. For a long term, this is a good for the rockets since both teams have no chance to get KD.

 

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Chandler Parsons irked by DeAndre Jordan reneging on Mavs deal


Dallas Mavericks small forward Chandler Parsons, who led the team's recruiting campaign for DeAndre Jordan, described himself as "shocked, very disappointed, frustrated, disrespected" that the big man reneged on his verbal commitment to join the Mavs and re-signed with the Los Angeles Clippers.

"This is something that I've never seen in my career, and I know that it doesn't happen very often," Parsons told ESPN.com on Thursday. "When a man gives you his word and an organization his word, especially when that organization put in so much effort and I walked him through this process and was very, very open and willing to work with him, it's just very unethical and disrespectful."

Jordan made his initial decision to sign with Dallas instead of staying with the Clippers on Friday morning, informing Mavs owner Mark Cuban and Parsons at his home in suburban Los Angeles. Parsons first learned on Monday from Cuban that Jordan might be having second thoughts.
Chandler Parsons is irate that DeAndre Jordan bailed on his verbal commitment to join the Mavs. Glenn James/NBAE via Getty Images

Jordan confirmed to Parsons via a text message that "something in my heart is telling me to meet with them again" on Tuesday, and Jordan welcomed a Clippers contingent that included owner Steve Ballmer, head coach/team president Doc Rivers and players Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, J.J. Redick and Paul Pierce to his Houston home on Wednesday afternoon.

When Jordan made his original commitment, Dallas still had a couple of decent potential backup plans to fill its void at center, such as trading for Roy Hibbert or signing Kosta Koufos. At this point, the Mavs are left scrambling, likely destroying their chances to contend for a Western Conference playoff spot.

That's a hard pill for Parsons to swallow days after celebrating the commitment of a fellow 26-year-old he believed would become a perennial All-Star and MVP candidate with a featured role in Dallas.

"He wasn't ready for being a franchise player. He was scared," Parsons said. "He was scared to take the next step in his career. There was no other reason other than that he was comfortable and he has friendships there. How you make a business decision like that is beyond me. How you ignore an owner like Mark who is in your hometown just waiting for a chance to talk to you is beyond me.

"I don't think he made a mistake. I think he'll be good in L.A. He's got a good team, he's got a great point guard, he's got Blake, but I think he could have been a superstar in Dallas. He could have been the man in Dallas. Never in a million years did I think that this was even a possibility.

"I'll still be friends with him, but I can't get over the way that he's put our entire franchise in jeopardy. It's normal to get cold feet. It's normal to get second thoughts, but you don't back out of a commitment of this much magnitude this late in the game and just leave us high and dry."

Most of the Clippers' contingent remained at Jordan's home until the NBA's free agency moratorium ended and he was able to sign his four-year max contract at 11:01 p.m. CT. Jordan refused to answer calls or texts all day Wednesday from Cuban, who had been promised another face-to-face meeting with the third-team All-NBA center. Jordan also didn't respond to Parsons for several hours until sending him a late-night text message informing Parsons of his final decision and saying he hoped it didn't affect their friendship.

"There will be a time when I detail everything I know regarding the last 48 hours," Cuban wrote Thursday morning in a Cyber Dust message to fans that never mentioned Jordan by name. "I don't think the time is right to say anything beyond the facts that he never responded to me at all yesterday. Not once. To this minute I have not heard anything from him since Tuesday night.

"More importantly, I specifically told [Wesley Matthews] that I would not hold him to his commitment if he wanted to go elsewhere. I can't print his exact response, but suffice to say he is excited to play for our Mavs Wes Matthews is exactly the kind of player we want in a Mavs uniform and our fans will love him.

"He will be in Dallas today so if you see him give him an MFFL (Mavs Fans for Life) welcome."

Jordan's decision to intentionally ignore Cuban, who traveled to Houston on Wednesday in anticipation of an 11th-hour meeting, particularly bothered Parsons.

"The kind of guy that he is, the kind of guy I thought he is, would never do something like that," Parsons said. "That's tough for me to swallow, just from the fact that I know how excited Mark was. I know how invested Mark has been throughout this whole process. That's what I don't get.

"Be a professional. Pick up the phone. If you're not going to meet with him, pick up the phone and tell the guy that you're committed to what you're feeling, what you're going through and maybe he can talk it out and help you. But do not ignore the guy. Do not make him sit there and sweat it out. That's just very unprofessional. I can't get over that part."

The Mavs' recruiting pitch focused on their belief that Jordan, a seven-year veteran who has never been an All-Star, could become the NBA's most dominant center as a focal point in Dallas instead of continuing to be a third wheel with the Clippers.

Parsons, who emphasized that message while visiting Jordan in Houston and Los Angeles in June, said he believes that Jordan became intimidated by the responsibilities of a starring role after committing to the Mavs.

"It's a lot of pressure," said Parsons, who had discussed with Jordan plans to play the rest of their careers together. "Maybe he got nerves about being a franchise player and having the pressure of leading a team. He's very comfortable in L.A. He can play behind Chris Paul, play behind Blake Griffin. That's what I thought he didn't want. Throughout the process, that's what he told me he didn't want. He wanted to take the next step in his career. He wanted to be the man on his team and build something special.

"That's why I was so into this, because it's the same thing I want. It's the same exact reasons I left Houston. That's why I thought was going to leave L.A. He was tired of being in the shadows. He wanted a bigger role. He wanted the attention he deserves, which is why it's so mind-blowing, because he's going back to the same exact thing that he wanted to leave for the last couple of weeks."

The Mavs knew they were taking a risk by pursuing Jordan, particularly after former Dallas center Tyson Chandler committed to signing a four-year, $52 million deal with the Phoenix Suns on July 1, moments before the Mavs' meeting with Jordan.

 

Definite plus to future free agents! Praise 'em if they sign, trash 'em if they don't!

http://espn.go.com/dallas/nba/story...-jordan-decision-renege-deal-dallas-mavericks

 

Q&A from Parsons:

A transcript of Parsons’ interview with ESPN.com the day after Jordan made a decision that devastated Dallas’ immediate and long-term plans:

What is your reaction to DeAndre Jordan’s decision to back out of his commitment and return to the Clippers?

Parsons: “I’m shocked, very disappointed, frustrated, disrespected. This is something that I’ve never seen in my career, and I know that it doesn’t happen very often. When a man gives you his word and an organization his word, especially when that organization put in so much effort and I walked him through this process and was very, very open and willing to work with him, it’s just very unethical and disrespectful.”

When did you first find out that Jordan was considering going back to the Clippers?

Parsons: “I had talked to him every day. … I had no idea until Mark called me Monday and said he thought DeAndre was getting cold feet, which is normal for this process. It’s a big decision. You’re always going to have second thought and wonder if I made the right decision. Everything, all those thoughts are going to go through your mind. I had the same thoughts last year when I had to go ahead and sign with Dallas and have a chance to leave Houston, but never once in my life would I consider turning on an entire organization and city and going back and backtracking. I didn’t know that and I finally heard from him telling me that he was going to meet with them again.”

Is there anything the Mavs or you should have done differently during this process?

Parsons: “No chance. We did everything we can. We put it all out in front of him. There is nothing more that we could have physically, emotionally possibly done to make him feel more comfortable and to make him stay and sign with Dallas. I guess maybe I could have stayed with him in L.A. or Houston and held his hand throughout the entire process, but I didn’t think that ever I would have to do something like that.”

Why do you think he changed his mind?

Parsons: “It’s a lot of pressure. Maybe he got nerves about being a franchise player and having the pressure of leading a team. He’s very comfortable in L.A. He can play behind Chris Paul, play behind Blake Griffin. That’s what I thought he didn’t want. Throughout the process, that’s what he told me he didn’t want. He wanted to take the next step in his career. He wanted to be the man on his team and build something special.

“That’s why I was so into this, because it’s the same thing I want. It’s the same exact reasons I left Houston. That’s why I thought was going to leave L.A. He was tired of being in the shadows. He wanted a bigger role. He wanted the attention he deserves, which is why it’s so mind-blowing, because he’s going back to the same exact thing that he wanted to leave for the last couple of weeks.”

Will your friendship with Jordan survive this?

Parsons: “Um, you know, it’s … He’s a good dude and I am friends with him. We did develop a really good relationship and we got close over the last few weeks. I just think the decision was much bigger than that. It was something that he wasn’t ready to handle.

“He’s complacent in L.A., and I think that was a safer bet than for him to make a big decision and branch off and go do his own thing. He was probably nervous. He was probably scared. I don’t know because I haven’t talked to him. He’s a good dude. I don’t think he’s a bad person for this. I think he’s just confused. This decision was just way too big for him and he wasn’t ready to be a franchise player.”

Where do the Mavs go from here?

Parsons: “That’s the worst part. He put our entire franchise and our team in a really, really tough spot. We put all our eggs in the DeAndre Jordan basket and we had a commit from him. We had a man’s word that he was going to come here. Then we signed Wes Matthews and we had myself, we had three key building blocks for the future that are young going forward.

“Every day since he committed and every day before he committed, guys were coming off the board. It’s slim pickings now. That’s the hardest part. I can put my friendship aside with him for a minute, but this is my career that we’re talking about. This is my organization and my team and my city that we’re talking about that he put in jeopardy by doing this.”

How often did you talk to Jordan from the time he had his commitment until the time he signed with the Clippers?

Parsons: “Every day. This is what I do. I recruited him extremely hard, but it wasn’t hard. Everything I told him was true – him being an MVP candidate, him being a perennial All-Star, him being the best center in the NBA. That would all be possible with him in Dallas with the opportunity that we were going to give him, so I continued to tell him that every single day.

“I could tell it was getting a little silent. He was getting a little standoffish. It wasn’t the same type of conversation that we were having ever since the media and Cuban heard that he was getting cold feet. Obviously we now know that that was true and he’s going back to L.A., but I was definitely taken off guard. I never thought in a million years that this would happen.”

How long did he shut down communication with you on Wednesday? What was running through your mind during that time?

Parsons: “Yeah, he was very randomly responding to me, but he was not responding to Mark at all, which in my eyes is very unprofessional. An owner that bent over backwards, did whatever you said throughout this process and was giving you a chance to be great, I don’t know how you shut him out and close the door on him when he’s in your city and just wanting to meet with you and get a face-to-face with you like you said that you were going to and just completely ignoring you, I don’t know how he did that.

“The kind of guy that he is, the kind of guy I thought he is, would never do something like that. That’s tough for me to swallow, just from the fact that I know how excited Mark was. I know how invested Mark has been throughout this whole process. That’s what I don’t get.

“Be a professional. Pick up the phone. If you’re not going to meet with him, pick up the phone and tell the guy that you’re committed to what you’re feeling, what you’re going through and maybe he can talk it out and help you. But do not ignore the guy. Do not make him sit there and sweat it out. That’s just very unprofessional. I can’t get over that part.”

Are you more disappointed from a personal or professional standpoint?

Parsons: “Listen, this isn’t personal between me and him. I was just recruiting DeAndre Jordan to come to my team because I think that he’s a really good player and I think he could have been the [NBA’s] best center in Dallas with the players that we have and the system that we have. I think he could have been great.

“Personally, I’m OK. That’s not what it’s about. It’s about next season. We had a chance to be really good. We went with DeAndre Jordan, and now we have no other options because he decided to change his mind at the last second. This has nothing to do with me being hurt with how he decided to go back to the Clippers. It’s bigger than that.

“He put our team in jeopardy. Everything we’ve done this summer has been surrounded by him, and then at the last second, he’s going to do that. That’s what I’m upset with.”

Did Jordan make a mistake? Was this the wrong decision for him?

Parsons: “You never know. We’re going to have to play it out. I think he’s a really good player and will continue to be a really good player in L.A. and they’ll have a really good team. It’s tough to say it’s a mistake, because he’s been in that situation. He played on the team last year and he’s had a good career there. So I wouldn’t say it’s a mistake that he went back. I just think for what he wanted and what he was telling us through the whole process, he’s not going to get that in L.A.”

Was this a bad gamble for the Mavs or a risk worth taking given the potential reward?

Parsons: “This was a risk that we were willing to take, and I think it was worth taking. It’s not our fault. We did everything that we could. We had a verbal commitment from a grown-ass man. Like, there’s nothing else that we could have done. There’s nothing else that we could have said.

“This was a risk that we never thought would have been a risk looking back on it. We met, he went through the process, met with teams, that’s it. He committed to us. It’s over. I never thought this could ever be a risk and come down to this. Obviously, now it looks like that and we think, ‘Ah, man, shoulda done this, shoulda done that.’ He was our guy from jump and we made that clear to him. We were willing to take that risk.”

How long will it take the Mavs to overcome this?

Parsons: “It’s going to be tough. I’m not really sure what moves we’re going to make now or for this upcoming season. But look, every year there’s a lot of good free agents that are out there, and we have the best owner that’s going to go out there and aggressively pursue them just like we did this year. I’d rather have an owner like that that will take a chance, that will go after a DeAndre Jordan, that will go after a Rajon Rondo and be willing to take risks like this to be great and to be a championship contender. It just didn’t work out for us this time. I think everybody knows why.”

You felt you had a foundation in place with a dominant center you’d play with the rest of your career …

Parsons: “Let me cut you off there. Those were his words. Those were DeAndre Jordan’s words: ‘We’re going to retire together. Next place I go to, I’m going to retire in that city.’ So of course I thought that, because those were his words, not mine.”

OK, but you certainly felt like there was foundation in place throughout Dirk’s golden years and to the next era for the Mavs. At this point, do you still feel like the future is bright and that you’re part of the long-term future of this franchise?

Parsons: “I definitely do. I think this is my team. I think we have the best owner. We’ll get over this. We’ll move forward. If we struggle next year, so be it, but we will bounce back and we have a lot of hungry guys that we’ve signed. We want guys like Wes Matthews on this team. He’s a man of his word. He’s tough. He’s exactly the type of character that we want in Dallas, so maybe this will be a blessing in disguise that it happened like this.

“We have a lot of cap space and we will have a lot of cap space next summer to go after the top guys, so I think the future’s bright. I know I’m going to do everything in my power to get healthy. I know Wes is going to do everything in his power to get healthy. We’re going to go down swinging, that’s for sure.”

Anything else you want to add?

Parsons: “He wasn’t ready for being a franchise player. He was scared. He was scared to take the next step in his career. There was no other reason other than that he was comfortable and he has friendships there. How you make a business decision like that is beyond me. How you ignore an owner like Mark who is in your hometown just waiting for a chance to talk to you is beyond me.

“I don’t think he made a mistake. I think he’ll be good in L.A. He’s got a good team, he’s got a great point guard, he’s got Blake, but I think he could have been a superstar in Dallas. He could have been the man in Dallas. Never in a million years did I think that this was even a possibility.

“I’ll still be friends with him, but I can’t get over the way that he’s put our entire franchise in jeopardy. It’s normal to get cold feet. It’s normal to get second thoughts, but you don’t back out of a commitment of this much magnitude this late in the game and just leave us high and dry.”

http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/mavericks/post/_/id/4705530/chandler-parsons-qa-we-did-everything-that-we-can

 

Ego knows no bounds. Good lord.

 

Haha, this boy Parsons is delusional. lol @ "my team". Dirk's still mad that he gave up half of his salary and all he has to show for it is this cocky SOB.

 

Wtf?! I thought Parson's ego was big but this is absurd. He has accomplished nothing in the league and is talking like he is a superstar.

 

LOL wow, hilarious. Good read

 

Chandler Parsons is the most big-time 16-5-2.5 player in the league.

 

He has definitely not lost his ability to talk sheeyte. Dude is a friggin joke. How can another guy listen to his recruiting if there is a chance he will talk crap like this...DJ gonna beat that arse next time they meet.

 

Parsons and Cuban deserve each other.

 

Either Parsons has 0 self awareness or the dude is hysterical. Either way he and Cubes are a perfect match. I'm looking forward to some Chandler Parsons' pre game speeches next seaso.

 

Parsons deserves this. Sick and tired of this idiot. That whole interview was very disrespectful to Dirk, too.