Waiting for DeAndre: how the Mavericks still can't move on

Understanding the DeAndre situation through literary drama.[Ed. note: This is a contributed article from Aliyaho Pearce. You can follow him @Aliyaho.]

DeAndre Jordan was a Dallas Maverick, unofficially, for a little less than a week. It was a thrill while it lasted, but it didn't last. The whole fiasco had the stink of the last four years on it. The unmistakable stench of coming up short once again.

I couldn't help but draw some parallels between the experience of a Mavericks fan and the absurdist play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. In Waiting, the two characters Vladimir and Estragon spend the duration of the play standing around waiting for somebody they do not actually know, who…