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He's a nice compliment to Olynyk, but he isn't some budding star.
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As Bill Simmons and Jalen Rose pointed out yesterday, the Celtics waited too long to trade him.
His value was highest last season even with the ACL thing.
As for him fitting on the team, I have confidence that one of the best coaches in the game in Rick Carlisle will find a way to make it work.
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Rondo can't shoot...BFD, this is not new. He was still effective this year and not surrounded with the offensive talent he is now. He definitely will help on the defensive end and I bet Chandler gets a couple of oops now that he was not getting before. I'd be thrilled as a Mavs fan because I think this makes them legit contenders for the title this year.
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Absolutely. I see some Mavs fans bitching about the move and I just can't understand their line of thinking.
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Mavs showing a championship push
Acquiring Rondo shows Cuban's commitment to building a title team around Dirk
Updated: December 18, 2014, 11:27 PM ET
By Jean-Jacques Taylor | ESPNDallas.com
The reason MFFLs -- Mavs Fans For Life -- love Mark Cuban as an owner is because he's all about winning championships.
He could not care less about second place. He wants rings and trophies.
Winning really matters more to him than money, which we know isn't the case with every NBA owner. Or even half of them.
Cuban can make more money -- a whole lot more money. But he'll never make enough money to buy a Larry O'Brien trophy because they're not for sale.
Winning is the reason Cuban is emotionally invested in every game. And every call the refs make. And pretty much every player wearing a Mavs' jersey.
Sometimes, of course, that's good. And other times, it makes you cringe because we all know Cuban can be petulant.
But at least he cares. He's not satisfied with the Mavs' title in 2011. He wants to make a legit run at another one.
When Cuban asked Dirk Nowitzki to give the Mavs a hometown discount last offseason, which he did in signing a three-year deal for $24 million, Cuban didn't stick the savings in his pocket.
He signed Chandler Parsons for $46 million over three years. The Mavs added center Tyson Chandler, and now they've worked a deal with the Boston Celtics that will bring perennial All-Star point guard Rajon Rondo to Dallas -- and it all cost was Brandan Wright, Jae Crowder, Jameer Nelson, a future first-round pick that's lottery protected in 2015 and a future second-round pick.
The Mavs' mission is clear: Give Dirk the best possible opportunity to win another ring.
Aside from the Mavs' much-talked about defensive woes, the only real issue this team had was poor point guard play from Nelson, who somehow played 26 minutes Tuesday night and didn't score or register an assist.
Now the Mavs have made point guard a strength, which is huge in the Western Conference, where Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook, San Antonio's Tony Parker, the Los Angeles Clippers' Chris Paul, Portland's Damian Lillard, Golden State's Stephen Curry and Memphis' Mike Conley reign.
If your point guard is getting destroyed nightly, you can't hope to advance out of the West, so Cuban pulled the trigger on a huge deal.
Besides, one of his goals is to make sure the Mavs are just as competitive in Dirk's golden years as they were when he was in his prime. Cuban doesn't want Dirk suffering on a raggedy team the way Kobe Bryant is enduring with the Los Angeles Lakers or Kevin Garnett is doing in Brooklyn.
The NBA, more than ever, is about star quality. The game is about acquiring stars and figuring out how to persuade them to work together if it's not a natural fit.
Championship contenders usually have two, maybe three stars. Rondo, a consummate point guard, gives the Mavs a star to team with Dirk and burgeoning stars such as Monta Ellis and Parsons.
Cuban bought the Mavs in 2000, and they won more than 50 games in each of the first 11 seasons he owned the team.
Three times the Mavs won more than 60 games and twice they advanced to the NBA Finals. They lost to Miami in 2006 after leading the series 2-0, and beat Miami with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade.
The only time the Mavs have missed the playoffs during Cuban's ownership occurred in 2012, and injuries limited Dirk to only 53 games that season.
There's zero guarantee Rondo will bring the Mavs a title. There's not even a guarantee he'll be here next season since he's a free agent.
We don't know if his mercurial demeanor will mesh in the Mavs' happy locker room, of if he and Ellis can mesh on the court since each needs the ball to thrive.
That's all irrelevant because Rondo is worth the risk.
What's important is the Mavs have done everything in their power to put a championship team around Dirk, which is all he can ask.
If this doesn't work out, the way the Lamar Odom move didn't work out, then the Mavs will move on and Cuban, general manager Donnie Nelson and Rick Carlisle won't spend any time second-guessing the trade.
They'll simply continue their quest to put a championship team together.
Acquiring Rondo shows Cuban's commitment to building a title team around Dirk
Updated: December 18, 2014, 11:27 PM ET
By Jean-Jacques Taylor | ESPNDallas.com
The reason MFFLs -- Mavs Fans For Life -- love Mark Cuban as an owner is because he's all about winning championships.
He could not care less about second place. He wants rings and trophies.
Winning really matters more to him than money, which we know isn't the case with every NBA owner. Or even half of them.
Cuban can make more money -- a whole lot more money. But he'll never make enough money to buy a Larry O'Brien trophy because they're not for sale.
Winning is the reason Cuban is emotionally invested in every game. And every call the refs make. And pretty much every player wearing a Mavs' jersey.
Sometimes, of course, that's good. And other times, it makes you cringe because we all know Cuban can be petulant.
But at least he cares. He's not satisfied with the Mavs' title in 2011. He wants to make a legit run at another one.
When Cuban asked Dirk Nowitzki to give the Mavs a hometown discount last offseason, which he did in signing a three-year deal for $24 million, Cuban didn't stick the savings in his pocket.
He signed Chandler Parsons for $46 million over three years. The Mavs added center Tyson Chandler, and now they've worked a deal with the Boston Celtics that will bring perennial All-Star point guard Rajon Rondo to Dallas -- and it all cost was Brandan Wright, Jae Crowder, Jameer Nelson, a future first-round pick that's lottery protected in 2015 and a future second-round pick.
The Mavs' mission is clear: Give Dirk the best possible opportunity to win another ring.
Aside from the Mavs' much-talked about defensive woes, the only real issue this team had was poor point guard play from Nelson, who somehow played 26 minutes Tuesday night and didn't score or register an assist.
Now the Mavs have made point guard a strength, which is huge in the Western Conference, where Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook, San Antonio's Tony Parker, the Los Angeles Clippers' Chris Paul, Portland's Damian Lillard, Golden State's Stephen Curry and Memphis' Mike Conley reign.
If your point guard is getting destroyed nightly, you can't hope to advance out of the West, so Cuban pulled the trigger on a huge deal.
Besides, one of his goals is to make sure the Mavs are just as competitive in Dirk's golden years as they were when he was in his prime. Cuban doesn't want Dirk suffering on a raggedy team the way Kobe Bryant is enduring with the Los Angeles Lakers or Kevin Garnett is doing in Brooklyn.
The NBA, more than ever, is about star quality. The game is about acquiring stars and figuring out how to persuade them to work together if it's not a natural fit.
Championship contenders usually have two, maybe three stars. Rondo, a consummate point guard, gives the Mavs a star to team with Dirk and burgeoning stars such as Monta Ellis and Parsons.
Cuban bought the Mavs in 2000, and they won more than 50 games in each of the first 11 seasons he owned the team.
Three times the Mavs won more than 60 games and twice they advanced to the NBA Finals. They lost to Miami in 2006 after leading the series 2-0, and beat Miami with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade.
The only time the Mavs have missed the playoffs during Cuban's ownership occurred in 2012, and injuries limited Dirk to only 53 games that season.
There's zero guarantee Rondo will bring the Mavs a title. There's not even a guarantee he'll be here next season since he's a free agent.
We don't know if his mercurial demeanor will mesh in the Mavs' happy locker room, of if he and Ellis can mesh on the court since each needs the ball to thrive.
That's all irrelevant because Rondo is worth the risk.
What's important is the Mavs have done everything in their power to put a championship team around Dirk, which is all he can ask.
If this doesn't work out, the way the Lamar Odom move didn't work out, then the Mavs will move on and Cuban, general manager Donnie Nelson and Rick Carlisle won't spend any time second-guessing the trade.
They'll simply continue their quest to put a championship team together.
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O'Neal, Okafor top Mavs' backup big candidates
December, 19, 2014
By Tim MacMahon | ESPNDallas.com
The departure of high-flying, high-efficiency backup center Brandan Wright in the Rajon Rondo deal created a significant hole in the Dallas Mavericks rotation.
Greg Smith, has played 68 minutes all season, gets to audition for a significant role while the Mavs explore their options for a soon-to-come roster addition. The most intriguing big men available in free agency on the Mavs’ radar:
Jermaine O’Neal: The 36-year-old O’Neal told ESPN.com’s Marc Stein this week that he would make a “clear-cut decision after the holidays” about whether he wanted to continue his NBA career and which contender he’d join.
Front-office sources told Stein that the Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Clippers, Dallas Mavericks and the Golden State Warriors are among the teams interested in O’Neal. He was a quality 20-minute-per-game contributor in Golden State last season, averaging 7.9 points and 5.5 rebounds.
The Mavs, who can only offer the minimum, have a homecourt advantage of sorts with O’Neal. He lives in the Dallas suburb of Southlake with his wife and two children.
The trade for Rondo, sources told Stein on Friday, has given the Mavs the edge in the competition for O'Neal's services.
O’Neal also has personal history with two prominent figures in the Mavs organization. He was an All-Star during each of Carlisle’s four seasons as the Indiana Pacers head coach, and Carlisle was a Portland Trail Blazers assistant when O’Neal was an 18-year-old rookie first-round pick. O’Neal also played two recent seasons with Rondo in Boston.
Emeka Okafor: The Mavs are among the teams that have kept tabs on Okafor, who last played in 2012-13, as he recovered from a herniated disk in his neck. He plans a midseason return, and Stein reported this summer that nearly half the league had registered interest.
Okafor, once traded for Tyson Chandler, averaged 9.7 points and 8.8 rebounds as a starter for the Washington Wizards in his last season.
December, 19, 2014
By Tim MacMahon | ESPNDallas.com
The departure of high-flying, high-efficiency backup center Brandan Wright in the Rajon Rondo deal created a significant hole in the Dallas Mavericks rotation.
Greg Smith, has played 68 minutes all season, gets to audition for a significant role while the Mavs explore their options for a soon-to-come roster addition. The most intriguing big men available in free agency on the Mavs’ radar:
Jermaine O’Neal: The 36-year-old O’Neal told ESPN.com’s Marc Stein this week that he would make a “clear-cut decision after the holidays” about whether he wanted to continue his NBA career and which contender he’d join.
Front-office sources told Stein that the Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Clippers, Dallas Mavericks and the Golden State Warriors are among the teams interested in O’Neal. He was a quality 20-minute-per-game contributor in Golden State last season, averaging 7.9 points and 5.5 rebounds.
The Mavs, who can only offer the minimum, have a homecourt advantage of sorts with O’Neal. He lives in the Dallas suburb of Southlake with his wife and two children.
The trade for Rondo, sources told Stein on Friday, has given the Mavs the edge in the competition for O'Neal's services.
O’Neal also has personal history with two prominent figures in the Mavs organization. He was an All-Star during each of Carlisle’s four seasons as the Indiana Pacers head coach, and Carlisle was a Portland Trail Blazers assistant when O’Neal was an 18-year-old rookie first-round pick. O’Neal also played two recent seasons with Rondo in Boston.
Emeka Okafor: The Mavs are among the teams that have kept tabs on Okafor, who last played in 2012-13, as he recovered from a herniated disk in his neck. He plans a midseason return, and Stein reported this summer that nearly half the league had registered interest.
Okafor, once traded for Tyson Chandler, averaged 9.7 points and 8.8 rebounds as a starter for the Washington Wizards in his last season.
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I believe they had already reached out to him in the offseason along with a few other teams. But to get him with Rondo would be awesome.
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Second night of a back to back in which they played an overtime game in Denver.
And let's not act like the Pelicans are scrubs..............the hate is strong in you.
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Rondo was one of the reasons he went to Miami.
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Rockets To Acquire Corey Brewer
December 19 at 1:36pm CST By Chuck Myron
The Wolves and Rockets have struck a deal that will send Corey Brewer to Houston, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports (Twitter link). Troy Daniels heads to Minnesota as part of the deal, Wojnarowski also tweets. Ronny Turiaf, who’s likely out for the season, is headed to the Rockets, though there’s a decent chance that he’ll wind up on a third team, Wojnarowski adds (on Twitter).
Houston GM Daryl Morey and his staff had been pushing to use a trade exception worth nearly $8.375MM by no later than today so that the Rockets could flip whomever they acquired in another trade that aggregates that player’s salary prior to the trade deadline. It’s not immediately clear what the other elements of the Brewer deal are, or whether the Rockets are using the exception in this case, but Brewer’s salary would fit within the exception.
December 19 at 1:36pm CST By Chuck Myron
The Wolves and Rockets have struck a deal that will send Corey Brewer to Houston, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports (Twitter link). Troy Daniels heads to Minnesota as part of the deal, Wojnarowski also tweets. Ronny Turiaf, who’s likely out for the season, is headed to the Rockets, though there’s a decent chance that he’ll wind up on a third team, Wojnarowski adds (on Twitter).
Houston GM Daryl Morey and his staff had been pushing to use a trade exception worth nearly $8.375MM by no later than today so that the Rockets could flip whomever they acquired in another trade that aggregates that player’s salary prior to the trade deadline. It’s not immediately clear what the other elements of the Brewer deal are, or whether the Rockets are using the exception in this case, but Brewer’s salary would fit within the exception.
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The Rockets aren't good enough for me to hate.
They're a nuisance to OKC and other contenders in the West....nothing more. Not a real threat.
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Snap.
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OK
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Corey Brewer was a real nice pick up fur the Rockets, and there was rumored interest in him dating back to a month ago. I'm guessing that missing out on Rondo created an urgency to make this happen quickly.
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It had to happen today so he would be eligible to trade by the deadline.
The rumour going around is that they want Dragic.
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The guy I wish they had kept instead of Lowry.