Tyson Chandler may have played for the Dallas Mavericks twice, but don’t count him as a fan of the team. The 15-year veteran, who has averaged 8.8 points and 9.3 rebounds in his career, signed a four-year, $52-million free-agent contract with the Phoenix Suns this summer after the Mavericks decided not to re-sign the 2012 NBA Defensive Player of the Year.
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban told reporters "I learn from my mistakes" in regard to letting Chandler walk in 2011, but he let it happen again this summer. According to Paul Coro of the Arizona Republic, Chandler was not happy about it because he felt he would retire as a Maverick, and he didn't hold back when sharing his views:
I definitely felt like, after winning a championship and help bringing it there, that I was going to be there for the long run. I never heard of a championship team being broken up like that. When they traded for me to come back, I sat at the podium with everybody else and heard them say this was going to be a long-term deal and they weren’t going to make the same mistake as last time and blah-blah-blah. Seven mo ...
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Tyson Chandler Comments on Departure from Mavericks
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