Mavericks Avoid DeAndre Jordan Situation By Handcuffing Harrison Barnes

The Dallas Mavericks aren’t going to let another free agent slip between their fingers.

During last season’s free-agency period, the Mavs got caught up in the dramatic (and sometimes hilarious) DeAndre Jordan saga when the then-free-agent center changed his mind and stayed with the Los Angeles Clippers after originally agreeing to sign with Dallas. So this year, the Mavericks brass made sure their No. 1 free agent, Harrison Barnes, wasn’t going anywhere.

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Barnes himself seemed to think the joke was funny, but the former Golden State Warriors forward probably doesn’t have too many complaints after signing that four-year, $94 million contract in coach Rick Carlisle’s hand.