DeAndre Jordan's free-agency saga birthed one of the NBA's newest rivalries, and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban gave the Los Angeles Clippers some bulletin-board material to work with prior to Thursday's meeting at Staples Center.
"You can change the owner, you can change the players but the Clippers are who they've been for the past 30 years," Cuban said Thursday, according to Yahoo Sports' Marc Spears.
"I don't give a s--t about the Clippers," Cuban added, per the Orange County Register's Dan Woike.
After the game, a 104-88 Clippers victory, Clippers head coach Doc Rivers responded, per Fox Sports' Jovan Buha: "That's so hurtful. I don't know what to do. (Laughs) We are the Clippers. That's all I'll say."
"He has my number," Clippers point guard Chris Paul added, per ESPN's Arash Markazi. "He used to call me all the time when he wanted me to come to Dallas."
Tensions between the Clippers and Mavericks cropped up after Jordan reneged on a verbal commitment with the Mavericks to sign a four-year max deal and return to Hollywood.
Following Jordan' ...
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Mark Cuban Comments on Rivalry with Clippers, DeAndre Jordan
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