your_dallas_mavericks wrote:It's sad no one even tries to reach out to us! Think of all the big names, only one - Magloire agreed to come here as a FA after being bought out. Now think of all the names that didn't:
K. Thomas
D. Stoudamire
G. Giricek
B. Barry
T. Ratliff
S. Cassell
PJ Brown
There must be a reason, is it Cuban, is it the fact the players know we are cursed or something? Dale Davis should be next of players to spurn us.
Kurt Thomas definitely shouldn't be on this list considering he was traded to San Antonio for the expiring contracts of Barry and Elson. Secondly I don't think any of these players really spurned us. All of them, with the exception of Barry, went to teams that offered more playing time than what the Mavericks could offer. Honestly if you are Sam Cassell who would you rather back up, Rondo or Kidd? Veteran players want to go to the team that will offer them most playing time and a chance at a championship, not just one or the other. Lets be happy we have one of the deeper teams in the league and managed to pick up Jamal Magloire instead of having to rely on Dale Davis or Theo Ratliff to be the only backup to Dampier.
