Mavs Recruitment Of Stars To Include Cowboys Jerry, Dez & Romo
By Mike Fisher | @fishsports
DALLAS (105.3 THE FAN) -- The Mavs have always planned to approach the July 1 free-agent shopping season featuring dual targets LaMarcus Aldridge and DeAndre Jordan with barrels blazing. But as I reported in Friday, they've now arranged for a second barrel.
Sources told me on Friday that Dallas Cowboys headliners Jerry Jones, Dez Bryant and Tony Romo will also be part of the basketball recruiting effort of Texas natives Aldridge (now of Portland) and Jordan (now of the Clippers). I'm told that in addition to owner Mark Cuban supervising the campaigns from an LA base -- and in addition to Mavs names like Chandler Parsons, Rick Carlisle, Donnie Nelson and Dirk Nowitzki doing their parts -- Tony Romo, Dez Bryant and Jerry Jones are pitching in as part of the pitch.
The "America's Team'' involvement (which could take many forms, including simple phone calls) is sure to impress Jordan, the center who is a huge Cowboys fan. Maybe it will help with DFW native Aldridge, too.
"We're preparing to do what we have to do, and we're going to go out there and do it,'' Cuban said.
There are no promises of getting both stars. There are no promises of even getting one. But the Mavs have them in their July 1 sights ... and they have the Cowboys helping their aim.
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