FNQ wrote:turk3d wrote:Never let up off him will ya? He probably was the Mavs best player last year (as he was when he was with us) in spite of his "toxicity". He wants more money, that's why he's opting out (forget about the Mavs). Sure they could keep him if they wanted to, but they have higher priorities which they choose to spend it on. Cuban is pretty up front about things and he defended Monta with all that negativism he was receiving. If he thought he was so bad, he would have come out and said it. It's strictly business with him. Heck, he wouldn't even stick with Chandler this season. Was he toxic too?
The fact that he can be considered their best player (he wasn't) and that they were leaking that they'd trade him if he opts in instead of using him as part of an effort to get better says all you need to know. There is no logical defense of that. Citing Chandler means nothing - he's a UFA. But again, when someone tells you that if you opt-in, they are trading you, they are saying one thing in no uncertain terms:
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I was monitoring the Mavs forum for the first half of the season and their were a lot of Mavs fans who were saying he was their best players. Everything changed when they brought in Rondo and then Parsons went down. As far a "leak" is concerned (whatever that means) you make it sound like gospel or something. I'm pretty sure that it was saying that he was going to opt out before your "leak".
I think it was after that the rumor came out that they might trade him. We "might" trade David Lee and we might not. Depends on who's willing (and since you say he's such a bad apple then maybe no one will) and it usually is for something you value, like say an "Andrew Bogut". Before I recognize that it's "no uncertain terms" I need to know who's saying it. A so-called "leak" just doesn't cut it for me.
Per Tim McMahon from ESPN (and BTW, I hadn't seen this until just now):
Ellis should not anticipate that raise coming from the Mavs, who would rather move on than make a major long-term investment in a one-dimensional player whose moodiness and selfishness negatively impacted the team’s chemistry last season, according to source’s with knowledge of the front office’s thought process.
It also didn’t help matters that Ellis and Parsons didn’t click off the court, an issue many within the organization suspect was influenced by Ellis’ bitterness about Parsons being paid almost twice as much as him.
If the Mavs sign LaMarcus Aldridge, their next top priority will be keeping Tyson Chandler. That would eat up the vast majority, if not all, of their remaining cap space, forcing the Mavs to fill their starting backcourt for next season in thrifty fashion.
If the Mavs sign DeAndre Jordan, they’d attempt to fill Ellis’ spot in the starting lineup with a bigger, better defender with the perimeter shooting ability to space the floor offensively. San Antonio’s Danny Green and Portland’s Wesley Matthews are the two best fits available in free agency this summer, although Matthews might not be ready to start the season as he recovers from a torn Achilles tendon.
This explains it I think, and I also think we both made valid points according to this article. Even with Monta's moodiness (there's quite a few players that I believe fall into this category) their talent is what keeps then employed and teams (and their management will likely overlook them).
One thing they won't do is give them an increase in pay in particular if they don't see them in their long range plans (the Mavs don't have any "extra" money to dole out this offseason). They intend to use whatever they have to make major changes,, hence no offers to Chandler or Rondo.
I still believe that if Monta wasn't asking for a new deal (and didn't opt out) there was a pretty good chance he would be coming back to Dallas for at least another year.
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