iamworthy wrote:This is not the first time I've heard this. I've also read that's why Dallas even with its no state taxes still have a hard time attracting top free agents.
And i heard its because they had ridiculous bad luck. So how about going into details instead of throwing around a single sentence.
Before 2010 they were pretty much always way over the cap.
2010: superfriends year, they used the cap to trade for Chandler
2011: Signed Odom and Carter and everyone thought it was a nice offseason for them. Too bad Odom was beyond done.
2012: Deron Williams signed with the Nets, told it was a 49:51 decision against the Mavs (too much Jay-Z hype etc)
2013: Fegan pretty much trying to push Dwight to Dallas because its the best fit but Dwight surprises with choosing Houston. Mavs going quickly after Iggy, who agrees to a deal if the over the cap Warriors cant find a deal (because they were his preferred choice). Like two hours before the deadline the Warriors had to get something done they are able to dump like 30m in contracts with the Jazz, who decided to blow it up and rebuil). Iggy signs with the Warriors instead of the Mavs
2014: Signed Chandler Parsons, at this time one of the better FA, Chandler has two season ending surgeries.
2015: DeAndre Jordan screws over their ENTIRE offseason, backing out after a week when every above average player was off the market.
2016: The entire league has max cap. Dirk finally reached the age where he isnt really a longterm asset anymore, so player arent looking to sign a long contract because they wanna play with Dirk. Mavs overpay Barnes...
So...looking back it wasnt that players didnt want to sign in Dallas. That streak 2011-2015 was so incredible unlucky, i really dont know any other team going through something like that. Odom from 6th man to drug bust, 49:51 with Deron, missing out on later finals MVP Iggy for freaking two hours and because a team decided to blow it up), Chandlers knee shortly done after signing him and as cherry on the cake DeAndre ruining an entire offseason in incredible fashion...