<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Last season, DeAndre received 563 passes from CP3, and was 114/142 from the field when Paul gave him the ball (80.3%). Wants a new team ...</p>— Shane Young (@YoungNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/YoungNBA/status/617073259864059904">July 3, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Told CP3 did reach out to DJ several times during free agency. Texted him the first night and again after Pierce signing</p>— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) <a href="https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/617093340379619328">July 3, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mark Cuban on DeAndre Jordan: "We think he is going to be our best player for years to come. A franchise player for rest of his career."</p>— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) <a href="https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon/status/617090353376690176">July 3, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
80M with 3rd year option isn't so dumb for me. He's still young enough to experiment with different teams. He can worry about winning after 3 years. You're dumb if you turn down that kind of money.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mavs convinced DeAndre Jordan he was an underutilized gem. They painted a picture -- with stats, X's and O's, etc. -- of Dallas potential.</p>— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) <a href="https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon/status/617089638608596993">July 3, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Jordan is a good signing for the Mavs, but If Jordan is your best player for years to come you are lucky to even make the playoffs. Ideally he is your 3rd best player like on the Clippers. Not sure where they see all this untapped potential, especially minus an elite pg and elite passing power forward.
Ken Berger : Then, there was the friendship, influence and history of doing basketball business -- lots of basketball business -- that Fegan has with Mavs owner Mark Cuban. The Mavs landed another Fegan client, Chandler Parsons, to a three-year, $46 million deal just last summer. Apparently, Parsons is paid mostly as a free-agent recruiter, because he made more of an impact dining with Jordan this week than he did on the floor all season.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mark Cuban on DeAndre Jordan: "We think he is going to be our best player for years to come. A franchise player for rest of his career."</p>— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) <a href="https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon/status/617090353376690176">July 3, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> I pray and hope so as well Mark. I really really hope this comes true.
You can see the ego feeding strategy they used to get the deal done, but it's hard to imagine how an offense with Jordan as even the 2nd scoring option works. If he isn't one of their go to offensive players how long is he going to be happy? Seems like they made a promise no other team would make, but full filling it could turn the signing from a positive to a negative.
They do a very good sell job, give them that. Hey Chandler, come to Dallas! Expand your role! You can do and be so much better! We'll feature you here! Hey DeAndre, come to Dallas! Expand your role! You can do and be so much better! We'll feature you here! Franchise player!
With Jordan going to Dallas it is obvious that the mavs are out of play to get Parsons to sway Dwight to come to Dallas if Dwight options out after next year. But then you have the clippers possibly still having a need for a center and if I remember the Howard sweepstakes the clippers were trying real hard to get Howard to L.A. with Paul. But of course that opens up alot of cap to go hard after Durant for us....sorry just putting my thoughts out there to see what you guys thinks about that scenario.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">With DeAndre Jordan on board, Mavs now believe they can be a significant player for the biggest free agent prize next summer: Kevin Durant.</p>— Chris Mannix (@ChrisMannixSI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisMannixSI/status/617113219522502656">July 3, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Just going to post this gem here <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cuban said he can see Chandler Parsons playing point guard more this season. Defensive guards can guard the point guards. Big lineups.</p>— Bryan Gutierrez (@BallinWithBryan) <a href="https://twitter.com/BallinWithBryan/status/617115344348426240">July 3, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
They plan to have parsons as pg and jordan posting up. Vivek should take notes. They have surpassed his innovative new age basketball ideas !
