Mavericks’ Chandler Parsons says Mark Cuban told him not to play for Team USA
By Mike Dyce
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has always been against international play, or at least how it is organized and structured now. So it wouldn’t surprise too many people if Cuban shared his feelings about international play with his new star player and big summer signing, Chandler Parsons.
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“He made that clear to me,” Parsons said, via the Dallas Morning News. “He did. He’s great. If there’s any issue or any conversation that needs to be had I’m having it with Mark. … He obviously told me how he felt. He told the world how he felt about his guys playing for USA basketball. But at the same time he understood it was something that I was really passionate about and it was something that I really wanted to do.
“I think I got better going there and I got in shape. Just being able to play against those guys every single day, it’s not often that you get to learn and play and practice with those type of players every single day in the summertime.”
Parsons was noncommittal about what he did with the future, which you could assume would lead to more conversations between Cuban and Parsons about it.