The Dallas Mavericks have missed out on most of their big free-agent targets over the past years. The runaway bride scenario with DeAndre Jordan in the 2015 offseason summed up their luck in this arena pretty, pretty well.
This summer, they did, however, manage to ink former Golden State Warrior, NBA champion, and Olympic Gold Medal winner Harrison Barnes.
They needed to give him a max deal to do so.
And last night, Paul George showed him what a real max player does.
Paul George finished with a quiet line of 25 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists while shooting 7-of-14 from the floor.