Five words that changed the course of Dallas Mavericks basketball.
A year ago, the Mavericks gave Chandler Parsons the latter of his crude demand and never looked back—but fans did.
Instead, the Mavs offered the max to a fourth option, role-playing, hide-and-seek-in-the-NBA-Finals participant. Harrison Barnes was handcuffed to the exact same deal that Parsons was demanding and later accepted from the Memphis Grizzlies.
Every decision creates another set of “what ifs,” and fans instantly questioned whether the Mavs should have buyer’s remorse about Barnes.