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STORM CENTER: Dallas can’t land big fish
So, even after all the pleading from the Dallas Mavericks, DeAndre Jordan decided to stay with the Los Angeles Clippers.
Jordan put the deep freeze on his own agent, and the Mavericks, en route to signing a four-year, $88 million contract with the Clippers.
The pact includes a player option for the fourth year.
Here’s an interesting tidbit about Jordan’s choice from Robert Raiola, a certified public accountant from New Jersey who works for the firm O’Connor/Davies.
Jordan will be paid $3.8 million more by the Clippers. However, due to California’s high income taxes, his Los Angeles deal actually works out to $1.7 million less in the long run.
It goes to show Jordan’s deal doesn’t make the most financial sense for him.
And this further continues a mystery for me: Why don’t big-time free agents land with the Mavericks?
For the record, let me say my favorite team happens to be the San Antonio Spurs, and they signed prized free agent LaMarcus Aldridge on Thursday.
However, I’m not going to rub this in the face of the Mavericks’ organization and their fans. That’s because I’m simply perplexed by the whole situation.
Dallas is widely considered one of the most glamorous cities in the National Basketball Association, especially with a top-notch homecourt with the American Airlines Center.
The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area had a population of 6,954,330 people as of July 1, 2014. That means the area has grown by more than 528,000 people since the 2010 United States census was taken.
The metropolitan economy is the sixth-largest overall in the United States, with a gross domestic product of $448 billion. Read more of this column in the weekend Bowie News.
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex produces a gross domestic product of $448 billion on average. The city is quite affluent. Still, the Dallas Mavericks’ National Basketball Association franchise has difficulty luring free agents here. (Courtesy photo from wikipedia.org)
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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