Mavs owner Cuban dismisses Jordan's apology
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban doesn’t accept the public apology from DeAndre Jordan.
“When is an apology not an apology?” Cuban wrote Saturday via Cyber Dust. “When you didn’t write it yourself. Next”
Jordan, who backed out of a verbal commitment to Dallas to re-sign with the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday, apologized to Cuban, the Mavericks and the team’s fans in a pair of tweets Friday night.
I want to publicly apologize to one of the best owners in the world @MCuban, the @DallasMavs and their fans.
— DeAndre Jordan (@deandrejordan6) July 11, 2015
I am humbled by @DallasMavs & @MCuban kindness and understanding. I am sorry to have a change of heart.
— DeAndre Jordan (@deandrejordan6) July 11, 2015
After the tweets were posted, Cuban told ESPN.com via his Cyber Dust messaging app that he still has not had any communication with Jordan since Tuesday night. Cuban said Jordan’s mother, Kimberly, called him, but he declined to elaborate on that conversation.
Jordan, after verbally agreeing to a four-year max deal with the Mavs last week, made an about-face when he re-signed with the Clippers on Thursday morning shortly after midnight ET.
The contract with the Clippers also is a four-year max deal that will be worth an estimated $88 million, sources told ESPN. Jordan can opt out after three years.
Jordan was having second thoughts about his commitment to the Mavericks by Monday. He eventually decided to stay in Los Angeles after coach Doc Rivers, owner Steve Ballmer and teammates Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and Paul Pierce arrived at Jordan’s house in Houston on Wednesday afternoon and didn’t leave until he officially re-signed with the Clippers.
Cuban said earlier Friday that communication with Jordan “basically stopped” Tuesday and that Jordan did not respond to any of the owner’s attempts to contact him Wednesday.
Jordan departed for a 10-day cruise Thursday and is unlikely to hold a news conference until July 20.
Jordan reneging on the verbal commitment he made on July 3 left the Mavs scrambling to fill their void at center. They addressed that need Thursday by trading a future second-round pick to the Milwaukee Bucks for Zaza Pachulia, a 12-year veteran who averaged 8.3 points and 6.8 rebounds last season.
“More importantly, we are excited to trade for Zaza,” Cuban wrote in Saturday’s Cyber Dust message after dismissing Jordan’s apology. “He just needs one name.
“We have been trying to trade for Zaza and finally were able to pull the trigger. He is a good rebounder and in the hard to believe category, he shoots the 15 foot pick and pop jumper at the same level as … Dirk
“Look it up!”
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