Doc: 'great teambuilding moment. fantastic. absolutely wonderful; DJ will be better at this when hes a FA again in 3yrs'

[Nazrmohamed]

Why is this such a bad thing? DJ did the right thing - joining the Mavs would have been stupid. DJ and CP3 are amazing together and he made the best decision for him over the long-run. Thank goodness the clippers fought for him or they would have been screwed next year. At least they now have the big three plus pierce to contend in a horribly tough division.

That's how I feel. I know Deandre could've handled it better but in an nba where the new right is to leave your team to go win elsewhere rather than be loyal to a team, I think it's refreshing that a team would fight for its own talent and the only "decision" that gets made in the end is to stick it out and believe in the plan.

[Kilroy]

People should be mad at DeAndre Jordan, not the Clippers. Seriously, can you blame the Clippers for wanting to keep their center? This is 100% on Jordan. He was the free agent. He's the one who made the decision to go to the Mavs and then back out.

By that logic, you can't blame Jordan either... Can you blame him for wanting the most money available?

If he was only doing it for money, he wouldn't even bothered with the Mavs.

I agree. I just think everyone involved from the Clippers org, to Jordan, to his agent team, all come off like douche bags in this.

I don't like Cuban by any means, but this is a precedent setting black eye on the Free Agency process, and something the league needs to address. Otherwise the whole meet and greet, pre-signing period is an expensive joke.

[tiderulz]

People should be mad at DeAndre Jordan, not the Clippers. Seriously, can you blame the Clippers for wanting to keep their center? This is 100% on Jordan. He was the free agent. He's the one who made the decision to go to the Mavs and then back out.

By that logic, you can't blame Jordan either... Can you blame him for wanting the most money available?

no jock tax or income tax in Texas. i do believe he would have made more money there.

[ccvle]

People should be mad at DeAndre Jordan, not the Clippers. Seriously, can you blame the Clippers for wanting to keep their center? This is 100% on Jordan. He was the free agent. He's the one who made the decision to go to the Mavs and then back out.

By that logic, you can't blame Jordan either... Can you blame him for wanting the most money available?

no jock tax or income tax in Texas. i do believe he would have made more money there.

they still have to pay taxes in other states

[tiderulz]

By that logic, you can't blame Jordan either... Can you blame him for wanting the most money available?

no jock tax or income tax in Texas. i do believe he would have made more money there.

they still have to pay taxes in other states

yes, but they dont for about 55+ more games vs playing for the Clippers