Sources: Jordan nearing deal with Mavericks
DeAndre Jordan is on the verge of leaving the Los Angeles Clippers to join the Dallas Mavericks, according to league sources.
Sources told ESPN.com that Jordan and the Mavericks are nearing agreement on a four-year max contract worth in excess of $80 million that includes a player option after the third season to allow the highly coveted free-agent center to return to free agency in July 2018.
The chance to be featured as the Mavericks’ new franchise player and return to Texas after playing in college at Texas A&M, sources say, is leading Jordan to leave the Clippers, with whom he has been consistently cast as a third wheel behind L.A. stars Chris Paul and Blake Griffin.
In their pitch to Jordan earlier this week, Dallas included taped messages from Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and star wide receiver Dez Bryant, playing to Jordan’s well-known fandom of the Cowboys, and Bryant in particular.
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