You can always count on Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to say something interesting. The Mavericks were one of the contenders to land superstar free agent Dwight Howard and though they went pretty hard he decided to go with the Houston Rockets. Initially Cuban hilariously said the Mavericks were better off and now he has another take on the situation.
Per the Dallas Morning News:
The Mavericks’ opponent Friday in Houston was not the right choice for No. 1 summer free agent Dwight Howard to make, Cuban said. “Obviously, he made a mistake in judgment,” Cuban said with a laugh when asked if he could blame the 6-11 center for choosing young James Harden and the Rockets over older Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavericks. “Do I blame him? No, that’s what young kids do. They make mistakes in judgment.”
“You choose teams,” Cuban said. “You don’t choose players. If he made a choice off of an individual player, yeah, he made a mistake. You choose teams. You choose organizations. You choose coaches. And it’s just not relative to Houston. That’s just the way I look at it, because if he’s that good, then the right organization … Put aside Dwight. Any young superstar looking to make a move, if you’re that good, then the right organization gets all the right pieces around you. So it’s not about, you’d rather play with this guy. If you’re that good and you have [salary cap] flexibility, the right organization will put the right pieces around you and get you there.”
It seems Cuban is implying that Howard chose the Rockets solely because of James Harden. Overall the Rockets are a younger and better team and I feel Howard made the right choice. Of course as owner of the Mavericks, Cuban would feel differently.
