The Mavericks need to enter rebuilding mode, but that is a terrible PR move at a late stage in Dirk's career, and among a fanbase that has gotten used to being a Playoff team year after year. Mark Cuban needed a bad guy to place the blame on, so he wouldn't be seen as an inept owner. Frankly, he sank the Mavs after 2011, but he would never admit it, and he needs to steer the conversation away from that.
DeAndre Jordan was never coming to the Mavs. Notice how he never announced it or mentioned it in any way after the "verbal agreement" was made. He never intended to come here. Mark Cuban got permission from Fagan to announce the verbal agreement with the expectation that Jordan would return to the Clippers when signing day came, because that way when he came up dry in free agency, he could blame Jordan, the Clippers and shitty luck instead of his own ineptitude leading to a desperate need to rebuild.
Now the rebuilding process begins as it was always meant to. Wes Matthews will be used as a trade chip later this season to finish off the tank job. Mark Cuban can play the victim as he has for 16 years, and Dallas fans will swallow it as they have for the same amount of time.
Great theatre! I loved every minute of it.
