With so much attention rightfully on Luka Doncic's first game as a Maverick, DeAndre Jordan got a little lost in the shuffle.
That doesn't mean the preseason opener on Saturday wasn't big for him.
"It was cool," he said. "The last time I was here, they booed me."
There was no hint of ill will toward the big center who showed quickly why he should make the Mavericks a different kind of team. Three summers back, he committed to the Mavericks in free agency. Then he reversed field and went back to the Los Angeles Clippers.