Sħãlïq™ Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 (edited) Mavericks owner Cuban OK without D-Will, mad at Kidd "I was more than upset. I thought he was coming. I was pissed. J-Kidd is a big boy; he can do whatever he wants. But you don't change your mind like that. That was ... yeah. I'm sure I'll get over it at some point, but as of now, I wouldn't put J-Kidd's number in the rafters." -- CubanDallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban quickly moved on from the club's failed bid to land point guard Deron Williams. But he's holding a grudge against Jason Kidd, the championship point guard who surprisingly backed out on a deal to return and signed with the New York Knicks. Cuban, during an appearance Tuesday morning on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM's "Ben & Skin Show," said the Mavs actually might be better off without Williams, the homegrown talent and three-time All-Star the Mavs hotly pursued in free agency. Cuban claimed a max contract for Williams would have created tricky salary-cap ramifications and made it difficult to build a championship-caliber roster around him and Mavs stalwart Dirk Nowitzki. "I don't want to pick on Deron Williams because he's a great, great, great player, and so it's not necessarily him, per se," Cuban said. "The conversation we had going back and forth -- and obviously the decision was to go for him -- but the conversation was, 'OK, once you add $17.1 million in salary to what we'd have with Dirk and Trix (Shawn Marion), then what do you do?' That's your squad. And it's not just your squad for this year. It's your squad for next year other than the $3.3 million mini midlevel.Source Edited August 23, 2012 by Sħãlïq̵' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 awful title since i had to click the link to find out what was promised and he didn't really rip him As for Kidd, who was prepared to sign a three-year, $9 million deal with the Mavs before backing out the next morning to accept essentially the same deal with the Knicks, Cuban is still fuming at Kidd's handling of the situation and said there's no chance he'll consider retiring Kidd's No. 2 jersey. "I was more than upset. I thought he was coming. I was pissed," Cuban said. "J-Kidd is a big boy; he can do whatever he wants. But you don't change your mind like that. That was ... yeah. I'm sure I'll get over it at some point, but as of now, I wouldn't put J-Kidd's number in the rafters. "It hurt my feelings, period, because I felt that we had developed a relationship, and I thought that he was committed to the organization. It sure seemed that he was. I mean, J-Kidd was active in going out there and talking to Deron Williams the whole time. I guess it was more shocking and surprising than anything else." idk why the Mavs would retire his jersey anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomarFachix Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 Mavericks owner Cuban OK without D-Will, mad at Kidd Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban quickly moved on from the club's failed bid to land point guard Deron Williams. But he's holding a grudge against Jason Kidd, the championship point guard who surprisingly backed out on a deal to return and signed with the New York Knicks. Cuban, during an appearance Tuesday morning on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM's "Ben & Skin Show," said the Mavs actually might be better off without Williams, the homegrown talent and three-time All-Star the Mavs hotly pursued in free agency. Cuban claimed a max contract for Williams would have created tricky salary-cap ramifications and made it difficult to build a championship-caliber roster around him and Mavs stalwart Dirk Nowitzki. "I don't want to pick on Deron Williams because he's a great, great, great player, and so it's not necessarily him, per se," Cuban said. "The conversation we had going back and forth -- and obviously the decision was to go for him -- but the conversation was, 'OK, once you add $17.1 million in salary to what we'd have with Dirk and Trix (Shawn Marion), then what do you do?' That's your squad. And it's not just your squad for this year. It's your squad for next year other than the $3.3 million mini midlevel.SourceYou should post a bit about Kidd in the quote if you're going to title it "Cuban Rips Kidd" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sħãlïq™ Posted August 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 (edited) awful title since i had to click the link to find out what was promised and he didn't really rip himIt's not like I made it up: http://i.imgur.com/lLGtO.png Contact ESPNDallas.com's Jeff Caplan. Edited August 23, 2012 by Sħãlïq̵' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterx Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 idk why the Mavs would retire his jersey anyway seriously. if its any team... it would have to be [ironically] the nets 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sħãlïq™ Posted August 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 seriously. if its any team... it would have to be [ironically] the netsMy thoughts exactly - it HAS to be the Nets. Anything else wouldn't make sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainEv3nt Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 i mean in reality, u can argue dallas retire it also, rem he started out in dallas, and won a title in dallas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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