By James Brown
The Los Angeles Lakers GM Rob Pelinka was fast to act in the buyout market after standing pat in the NBA's trade deadline. This time around, Pelinka didn't hesitate and got to sign point guard Spencer Dinwiddie, the best player available in the market.
But before agreeing to sign to play with LA, Spencer met with the Dallas Mavericks organization but passed on playing alongside Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving instead playing alongside Anthony Davis and LeBron James. Even when the Mavs are in a higher seed in the West at this moment in the NBA regular season.
Dallas owner Mark Cuban probably won't like to hear, when asked about why he chose to sign with the Lakers instead of Dallas, Dinwiddie gave a hilarious analogy. “I’ll give y’all something funny that I told my people, fairly candid. In the two situations, I felt like this. Let’s say you were a kid and you got your ass whooped by the bully.
Dallas would’ve been like your momma being like, ‘It’s OK baby. Don’t worry about it.’ The Lakers are like your dad. ‘Nah, you better go out there and fight till you win.’ Do you feel me? And I just felt like that was what I needed at the time. I’m a big believer in kind of doing what you need to do whatever time it is, so that’s how I felt about it.”
“A lot of things. I think one of the things that was definitely on my radar was the fact that Rob was the first called,” Dinwiddie said. “I think that mattered. I have a history in Dallas and some other teams inquired as well other than those two. But looking at the team setup and potentially being able to come in and make an impact and help this team win a championship, being home is a dream come true. There’s a lot that goes into it but having a chance to help the team win and like I said, play with some special players.”
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