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DALLAS -- Mavericks owner Mark Cuban lost the recruiting battle for Dwight Howard to the Houston Rockets, but Cuban believes that's because the big man made a bad decision.

"Obviously, he made a mistake in judgment," Cuban said Thursday, a little more than 24 hours before the Mavericks play Howard's Rockets in Houston. "Do I blame him? No, that's what young kids do. They make mistakes in judgment."

The Mavs and Rockets were two of the five teams that made pitches to Howard and his agents in Los Angeles this summer. Cuban thinks Howard, 27, had already made up his mind to sign with the Rockets and team up with 24-year-old rising superstar shooting guard James Harden.

Mavs superstar Dirk Nowitzki is 35, but Cuban considers it foolish to make a decision in free agency based primarily the age of potential co-stars.

"You choose teams. You don't choose players," Cuban said. "If he made a choice off of an individual player, yeah, he made a mistake. You choose teams. You choose organizations. You choose coaches. And it's just not relative to Houston. That's just the way I look at it, because if he's that good, then the right organization …

"Put aside Dwight. Any young superstar looking to make a move, if you're that good, then the right organization gets all the right pieces around you. So it's not about you'd rather play with this guy. If you're that good and you have [salary-cap] flexibility, the right organization will put the right pieces around you and get you there."

zapatasblood wrote:

DALLAS -- Mavericks owner Mark Cuban lost the recruiting battle for Dwight Howard to the Houston Rockets, but Cuban believes that's because the big man made a bad decision.

"Obviously, he made a mistake in judgment," Cuban said Thursday, a little more than 24 hours before the Mavericks play Howard's Rockets in Houston. "Do I blame him? No, that's what young kids do. They make mistakes in judgment."

The Mavs and Rockets were two of the five teams that made pitches to Howard and his agents in Los Angeles this summer. Cuban thinks Howard, 27, had already made up his mind to sign with the Rockets and team up with 24-year-old rising superstar shooting guard James Harden.

Mavs superstar Dirk Nowitzki is 35, but Cuban considers it foolish to make a decision in free agency based primarily the age of potential co-stars.

"You choose teams. You don't choose players," Cuban said. "If he made a choice off of an individual player, yeah, he made a mistake. You choose teams. You choose organizations. You choose coaches. And it's just not relative to Houston. That's just the way I look at it, because if he's that good, then the right organization …

"Put aside Dwight. Any young superstar looking to make a move, if you're that good, then the right organization gets all the right pieces around you. So it's not about you'd rather play with this guy. If you're that good and you have [salary-cap] flexibility, the right organization will put the right pieces around you and get you there."

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Cuban sound butt hurt? First Howard the Rosas. Missed out on what three years of superstars and had to settle with Monte and Calderon.

Zubby wrote:You guys are so dated.... its called a chairperson now.
Lets get with the times.

Zubby on PC

texasholdem wrote:Monta had 9 points in that 4th quarter at Toyota Center but he hit that 27 foot 3 pointer at the buzzer to win it.

Mr. E wrote:Cuban seems to be a bit disconnected from reality right now if he thinks that Dwight's decision was only to play with one player.

The Rockets are the organization that's been making the moves to build a great team. They're the ones who had Hakeem, Yao, Dikembe, Elvin, Moses & Clyde selling him on what he can do here. They're the organization with a coach for whom players want to play.

The Mavs have had more recent success, but they have appeared like a rudderless ship since that championship. Dwight did not make an error in judgement like Cuban suggests. He made a decision based on the criteria Cuban suggests...it just turns out that decision did not lead to the Mavericks.

Go Rockets!

moofs wrote:

Mr. E wrote:Cuban seems to be a bit disconnected from reality right now if he thinks that Dwight's decision was only to play with one player.

The Rockets are the organization that's been making the moves to build a great team. They're the ones who had Hakeem, Yao, Dikembe, Elvin, Moses & Clyde selling him on what he can do here. They're the organization with a coach for whom players want to play.

The Mavs have had more recent success, but they have appeared like a rudderless ship since that championship. Dwight did not make an error in judgement like Cuban suggests. He made a decision based on the criteria Cuban suggests...it just turns out that decision did not lead to the Mavericks.

Go Rockets!

Nah, he's probably just selling fans to save face. I highly doubt he really thinks that.

inquisitive wrote:put parsons on dirk if howard runs into trouble with dirk...i don't marion is gonna kill him from the perimeter.

MaxRider wrote:

inquisitive wrote:put parsons on dirk if howard runs into trouble with dirk...i don't marion is gonna kill him from the perimeter.

that was my game plan for preseason but apparently mchale aint doing it

inquisitive wrote:

MaxRider wrote:

inquisitive wrote:put parsons on dirk if howard runs into trouble with dirk...i don't marion is gonna kill him from the perimeter.

that was my game plan for preseason but apparently mchale aint doing it

btw, howard wants to give it another shot to guard dirk which is gonna happen anway...he thinks he can do a better job this time around....i still have doubts.