Three years after the fateful summer of 2015, the Dallas Mavericks have finally gotten their man.
Marc Stein of the New York Times reported on Saturday that DeAndre Jordan and the Mavs have agreed to terms on a one-year contract approaching the $24.1 million he relinquished when he opted out of his LA Clippers deal.
DeAndre Jordan and the Dallas Mavericks have verbally agreed on a one-year deal approaching the $24.1 million option with the Clippers for next season that Jordan relinquished Friday, according to league sources
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) July 1, 2018
Stein had previously reported that the two sides scheduled a meeting for close to the stroke of midnight EST and that the former All-Star had made it known that he was “eager” to join Dallas.
DeAndre Jordan and the Dallas Mavericks have scheduled a 12:01 a.m. meeting to immediately launch into free-agent negotiations and are expected to quickly reach terms on a new deal tonight, according to league sources.
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) July 1, 2018
Sources close to DeAndre Jordan say he is eager to join the Mavericks and has made that known to some of his potential new teammates, having declined his $24.1 million option with the Clippers for next season to ensure he had the ability to land in Dallas https://t.co/NGUWhJKKHX
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) July 1, 2018
Jordan himself also posted a Mavs-themed emoji just after the news broke.
— DeAndre Jordan (@DeAndre) July 1, 2018
The 29-year-old Jordan, who averaged 12.0 points and 15.2 rebounds a game last season, had been a Clipper for his entire ten-year NBA career, including the circus in 2015 when he verbally agreed to sign with Dallas only to do a dramatic about-face and return to LA. There will (hopefully) be no such shenanigans this time around though, and earlier reports suggested that the Mavs have already long forgiven him for the debacle.
