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Mavs Presser - "Defying The Odds"
Hey everyone! Thanks for coming today. Yeah we know the attention is squarely on the NBA draft today, but we wanted to welcome in a few new players of our own and just kinda give the fans and you guys a preview of how this season will progress.
First since it is draft day, we'll speak about what took place today. So I heard rumblings from some hat thought we should have taken Aldridge with our 3rd pick. Well don't fret. We have a plan and have had one since the beginning. And NONE of those plans involved LaMarcus Aldridge. I realize many are high on him and think he will be great, but we were not one of those teams. Sure he has great potential, but in our eyes LaMarcus was still a chance and we didn't want any "chances" with the third pick. We considered taking Rondo and hoping we could flip him for the value he is worth. The problem there is that that also is no guarantee. We have 2 PGs on our roster of that caliber, teams know we NEED to deal him. We lose leverage. So after sifting through many, many, many trade offers we thought that the deal with the Spurs was the best one for us. It landed us our future 2 as we've been looking for. With that being said the Dallas Mavericks proudly present our newest acquisition.....
J.R. Smith!
Introducing J.R. Smith!
We are excited to have Earl Joseph Smith III on our team! And while we are introducing new players we'd also like to welcome...
So I'd like to talk about our new team mantra this year. That is "Defying The Odds". Basically what this means is that the Mavs have continued to "defy" the odds in the past 2 years. We've silenced the doubters, the haters, and the ones who continue to question our moves as an organization. I'm going to point out a few things I think need to be pointed out.
First we were told we would never be able to get rid of that Larry Hughes contract...we did. We received Utah's 06 1st rounder in return. We then turned around and traded that lottery pick for Keith Van Horn. Most did not like that we did this. They said we were crazy for giving up a lotto pick for a guy whose numbers they claimed were inflated. Well they weren't inflated. He went on to help push us into the playoffs and to a Game 7 with the Sonics. Which exceeded expectations. We then traded Jake Tsakadalis for what gave us the 3rd overall pick in the same draft.
The moves we make within this organization are always part of a bigger plan and always well thought out. We are counting on the detractors to continue to criticize, and doubt, and of course hate. But we will rise above as we have been and continue to prove everyone wrong. See you in the playoffs this year!