5 Reasons Cuban Needs To Stop Talking About Jordan
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban went on record once again talking about what went wrong in the attempt to sign DeAndre Jordan.
In an interview with ESPN's Colin Cowherd, Cuban likened the Jordan situation to "make up sex."
He went on to explain that he didn't learn a single thing and if he could change anything during the process, he would have asked Jordan to change his Twitter avatar.
Really?
Because that would have made him forget all about Los Angeles?
Cuban needs to put this in the past. He is going to be asked questions about what happened for the rest of the year, but he needs to figure out a way to answer without making himself sound ridiculous.
Here are the top five reasons why the Mavericks owner needs to stop talking about the lost free agent:
1. He sounds like the guy who didn't get the girl.
Every guy has experienced this at least once in their life. You really like the girl. You try hard to get the girl to like you. Next thing you know, she's dating another guy.
Smart thing to do is move on. Dumb thing to do is talk to everyone about why you didn't get the girl.
Hey Cuban, don't be the guy who everyone has to hear whine about not getting the girl. Move on.
2. He's not the star you are making him out to be.
There's no doubt that Jordan is an amazing athlete. There's also no doubt that he can block shots and grab his fair share of rebounds. But is he honestly a max contract type of player?
On the Los Angeles Clippers, yes he is. On any other team in the league, probably not.
He's not the type of center who can dominate a game. He's not going to beat up an opposing center and put up a 20 point game on a nightly basis. That's not the type of player he is.
The Clippers system is perfect for Jordan. Chris Paul is the sole reason why Jordan averaged 11.5 points per game last season. The pick and roles, dime passes, and lobs from Paul attribute to a majority of Jordan's points.
One thing is for sure, he's not going to give you production at the free throw line. He's a career 42 percent free throw shooter. That won't do anything for your team but slow your pace down.
3. It brought light to the useless moratorium period in the NBA.
If you really want to take a positive out of this, Cuban and this situation may have done the league some good.
Everyone was aware that the moratorium week, where players can agree to contracts but can't sign them, was completely useless, but it usually just takes a situation like this to change things.
What's the point or having a week of agreements without signing contracts? Jordan agreed to a contract with the Mavericks. He should have signed a contract; he shouldn't have had the option to change his mind.
But with the way it's set up, Jordan didn't do anything wrong. This situation may be a spark the league needed to get rid of the moratorium period.
4. It's over, nothing is going to change.
Talking about it over and over isn't going to increase the chance of Jordan somehow getting out of his contract with the Clippers and signing with the Mavs.
There's nothing you can say or do to change the past, so why do you continuously talk about it.
It's time to start giving generic answers.
"We will learn from this and do things different next time."
"We still made other moves to make this team competitive."
"I don't want to keep talking about the past."
5. Nobody cares anymore.
At the time this happened, it was the biggest story in sports. Not because it was shocking, but because it was the polarizing Cuban, and it was something we haven't seen before.
But like most stories in today's every changing media, we moved on from it a long time ago.
At this point, nobody cares. Reporters are going to continue to ask Cuban about it because they know they will get dumb answers in return.
The story now isn't so much about Jordan changing his mind, but what lame answers and excuses Cuban is going to give for not being able to sign the free agent.
