It was an offseason full of emojis for the Mavericks.
There were, of course, the planes, helicopters and automobiles from The Great Emoji War of 2015, when DeAndre Jordain reneged on his max contract agreement and rejoined the Clippers on the eve of the NBA’s moratorium. That sent Mark Cuban & Co. scrambling to “replace” a First Team All-Defensive center, acquiring Zaza Pachulia, Samuel Dalembert and JaVale McGee while embodying a gritted teeth emoji.
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There was an astonished face emoji after the Mavs signed Wes Matthews to a four-year, $70 million deal four months after he underwent surgery on his torn left Achilles tendon.