Despite injury and a slight rift in their relationship after Dirk Nowitzki’s criticim of Cuban’s plan for the team, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says he won’t trade Dirk Nowitzki. I didn’t need Cuban to say this for me and everybody else to know it but read more after the jump.
Cuban pretty much dismantled the Mavericks championship team in order to provide cap space for new players. While the Mavericks have taken a tumble since then, it might pay off during free agency as the team tries to rebuild.
via ESPNDallas:
Cuban said before Saturday night’s game against Memphis that he wanted to be clear with Nowitzki that he was committed “through thick and thin” to getting the team back in contention.
“I told Dirk we’re not going to trade him. He was happy. I think,” Cuban said, laughing. “I wanted to make it clear to him. I said, ‘We’re in this through thick and thin,’ and so there’s no way I would trade him, no matter what.”
“When Dirk has something on this mind, he’s never shy,” Cuban said. “If he’s going to tell you what he said in the media, you don’t think he’s going to dump on me? I mean, I’ve got texts from every single year and emails from every single year. Dirk wants to get it out of his system and then at the end of the email or text it’s like, `Don’t you worry. I’m a warrior and I’m going to lead these guys and we’re going to get it rolling.”
Dirk is going to retire a Maverick, his jersey will also be retired and hung from the rafters when all is said and done. He and Cuban are tied together for life.
