Mark Cuban: Mavericks used Rockets’ ‘logic’ to land Chandler Parsons

The Dallas Mavericks were able to pry away restricted free agent Chandler Parsons from the Houston Rockets. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban elaborated on how they were able to sign Parsons away from the Rockets on KTCK-AM 1310 on Tuesday.

“I was pretty confident. Houston is a very logical organization. They do things by the book. They’ll follow logic as opposed to some other human elements … I guess I can’t think of a better way to put it. And so, by the book, they were not going to match,” Cuban said, via the Dallas Morning News. “We priced it so if they tried to do a sign-and-trade, they were up against the CBA’s hard cap. And that would limit their options. We knew if they didn’t do anything with Chris Bosh, it would create limitations for their future flexibility. If they did bring in Chris Bosh, they basically were going to have to get rid of everybody. We tried to make it as difficult as possible on them.”

The Rockets called the contract between the Parsons and the Mavericks “untradeable,” something Cuban says indicates the difference between the two teams.

“That just says so much about the difference. They looked at every player as an asset. That asset was a step toward getting another asset,” Cuban said. “We look towards how do you build a team. Chemistry matters to us. Culture matters to us. We made it a difficult contract to trade because we have no intentions of trading him.”

Parsons gets to pair along side Dirk Nowitzki, a superstar who has led his team to the NBA Finals twice and won a championship once. Parsons deal will pay him $46 million over three years, more than Nowitzki who took a pay cut to create the cap space necessary for the Mavericks to sign him.