05-21-2020, 10:51 AM
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was as surprised as anyone when the New York Knicks agreed to trade Kristaps Porzingis in January 2019.
Appearing on WFAN's Moose & Maggie on Wednesday, Cuban made the analogy between the Porzingis trade and when the Oklahoma City Thunder dealt James Harden to the Houston Rockets.
"It happens in the NBA," he said. "It's like the James Harden trade. Harden gets traded from OKC to the Rockets and I'm like, damn, why didn't we even get that offered to us? We weren't in the mix. Nobody was. It was one phone call and the Rockets said yes. [The Porzingis trade] was our one phone call."
Cuban provided more details of the discussion with the Knicks: "'We're willing to do this if you ever want to give him up.' ... We used to get calls on Dirk [Nowitzki], 'We'll give you A, B, C, D, E and F,' but we're not trading Dirk ever. [They said], 'Well, if you do...' In this case, [the Knicks] changed their mind."
Appearing on WFAN's Moose & Maggie on Wednesday, Cuban made the analogy between the Porzingis trade and when the Oklahoma City Thunder dealt James Harden to the Houston Rockets.
"It happens in the NBA," he said. "It's like the James Harden trade. Harden gets traded from OKC to the Rockets and I'm like, damn, why didn't we even get that offered to us? We weren't in the mix. Nobody was. It was one phone call and the Rockets said yes. [The Porzingis trade] was our one phone call."
Cuban provided more details of the discussion with the Knicks: "'We're willing to do this if you ever want to give him up.' ... We used to get calls on Dirk [Nowitzki], 'We'll give you A, B, C, D, E and F,' but we're not trading Dirk ever. [They said], 'Well, if you do...' In this case, [the Knicks] changed their mind."
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