Dirk Nowitzki: 'We'd love to have' LaMarcus Aldridge

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    Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki told ESPN's Tim MacMahon on Tuesday that the team would welcome Aldridge, who will be an unrestricted free agent as of July 1.

    "We'd love to have him," Nowitzki told MacMahon at a Mavericks youth camp on the campus of the Episcopal School of Dallas. "He's a great midrange shooter. He plays bigger than he is on the defensive end. He's a good rebounder on both ends of the floor and on that left block, he's a beast. So I mean, he's a really, really good player."

    The rumors of Aldridge considering a return to his home state of Texas have been swirling for months, with both the Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs considered to his biggest suitors outside of the Trail Blazers. Dallas will have in the range of $38 million in cap space under the luxury tax and will certainly make a run at Aldridge. The concern before was mostly about Aldridge's fit with the rest of the roster and specifically Nowitzki, the face of the franchise.

    Like Aldridge, Nowitzki is a power forward best paired with a rim protecting center on the frontline and most effective when given plenty of space to operate in the mid-range. Pairing two similar players together seems like, at best, an awkward proposition. But on Tuesday Nowitzki, 37, suggested he'd be willing to take a back seat to land a top tier forward like Aldridge.

    "We want to get better. That's no question," Nowitzki told ESPN. "We want to go further in the playoffs. We've been ousted twice in the first round the last two years and whatever I got to do, I'm ready to help. I know that, at 37, I can't be the No. 1 option if we want to play for the championship. That's just normal. That's how the cycle goes."

    Saying you're okay with relinquishing your position as the top option on a team and actually doing so are quite different. But during his exit interview Nowitzki even said he would consider coming off the bench if it helped the Mavericks get deep into the postseason.

    "Yeah, I mean, the problem is there would some stiffness coming off the bench. I'm usually not the most mobile, agile player, but there are bikes and stuff in the back that you can ride and get loose," Nowitzki told Dallas media members during his exit interview in May. "Yeah, I mean, whatever it takes; I've always said that. My last two years I want to enjoy. I want to be a good team. I want to be on a winning team. Playoffs. Hopefully deep runs. So, yeah, anything I've got to do to help is obviously no question."

    Nowitzki has two years remaining a three-year, reported $30 million dollar contract he signed last July. Nowitzki, Chandler Parsons and Devin Harris are the only current Mavericks with guaranteed contracts for next season.

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    Funny how loyal Dirk is as a person, while he's clamoring for a guy to be disloyal for him. Ironic
     
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    Your not going to get any likes in the forum if your posting crap like this.
     
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    The article cut off when he said "no homo" under his breath
     
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    Dallas is a pretty shitty situation for Aldridge. The best thing they have going is Rick Carlisle. Parsons is overpaid, Devin Harris is whatevz, Dirk is gone in 2 years, and they pissed off Rondo who probably would have gone well with Aldridge.
     
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    if this article was about Aldridge staying in Portland it would have like 4 or 5 pages by now.:breakdance:
     
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    that's the thing with this whole siuation, people are trashing Portland when its his best chance at winning. San Antonio will have to lose at least 2 key role players to get him, which is funny because their role players are what makes them so good.
     
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    Playing in Dallas has it's plusses as it means being close to mom and his kids. Not sure why they don't live with him in Portland on occasion (Or maybe they do-I have no idea) but none the less I can see where that part could change in the last year.

    But playing for the home team can have it's down side. Right now he is loved whenever he goes home to Dallas. If they don't win with him, what happens to all that love?
     
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    This thread should be called "Every Player in the NBA: 'We'd love to have' LaMarcus Aldridge"
     
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    D Rose is a good example of the bad for playing for your home town. Obviously they like him there but if he elsewhere they'd love him and would be more sympathetic because they themselves wouldn't have to deal with injuries.

    I think the mom thing is funny. I know they say Aldridge plays soft, but is he really goin to be a grown man running home to mommy?:baby:
     
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    I think his mom has been sick. So that is why it is more of a factor.
     
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    really? Now I feel like an asshole. I thought it was just cuz.
     
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    Seems Dirk would be better off coming here to win with Aldridge, not the other way around.
     
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    exactly, /end thread
     
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    She had breast cancer in 2012. I read where she is better now, but still when a loved one gets sick it makes you think of lost time with them, and you worry about the disease coming back. I lost my sister in that particular scenario. (It came back) So I can see where it could be a factor in his decision. Not the only factor, but one of them

    http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7555913/nba-lamarcus-aldridge-plays-newfound-aggression
     
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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    Wait. Now you feel like an asshole?








    Neener.
     
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    Thing is, he doesn't live there full time in the offseason, which is why I find the "going home" argument kind of weird.

    Also, how is this not tampering?
     
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    Yeah that is a good point. Although maybe they like to visit his Newport Beach home when he is there and not the Portland home when he is always working. But you could be right, they may always stay in Dallas.
     
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    July 1st I want to hear Lamarcus addressing the Portland fans and calling for Dirk to come here and come off the bench so he can win another ring
     
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