04-10-2021, 02:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-10-2021, 02:47 PM by dirkfansince1998.)
(04-10-2021, 02:08 PM)omahen Wrote: But why would there be beef? That is not good for business. Paul was trying to do what he thought is best for his client. Made a mistake and client was the one paying for it. It's not like Mavs can reach a deal with every player/agent.
Noel barely played for the Mavs. Had a questionable mid season surgery. Paul and Noel obviously weren´t happy that he had to play for the qualifying offer. RC wasn´t happy with Noel´s effort. Famous quote from a ringer article: Minutes have to be earned,” RC said. “If it’s between him and Salah, Salah has earned the minutes. There’s no doghouse here. It’s pretty simple. You compete, and if you earn minutes, you get minutes. And you’ve got to compete to keep them, because it’s a competitive situation.”
I think most uf still remember his highlight of the season. The hot dog incident. Perfect summary of his effort and willingness to make it work.
Not getting a bigger contract from Dallas basically ended the relationship. Noel played with zero effort. Mavs had no interest to develop a player that would leave anyway. A lot of posters at the time believed that his anti-drug violation at the end of the season was on purpose because he did not want to play the last 5 games.