- ABC News
- July 15, 2014
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LAS VEGAS -- After having to sweat it out until the end, the Dallas Mavericks were able to get their man in Chandler Parsons. And now that the dust has settled, Mavs owner Mark Cuban says he is pleased things turned out the way they did. "It feels good," Cuban said. "We obviously value him very highly. We think he's going to contribute a lot." Cuban suggested that Parsons was their No. 1 target with a specific reason in mind. "I looked at all the main guys that were young that we thought would be available and we loved his game," Cuban said. "We liked him the best of all the free agents and that was point one. "When you looked at the numbers relative to Houston's cap position, he seemed the most obtainable." While the Mavs had to wait out the restricted-free-agency process for almost the full three days, there was a sense they would ultimately get their man. "No, because we did the numbers," Cuban replied when asked if he was surprised to get Parsons. "We knew...