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Mo Ager’s Contract Extended
By Daniel Dessinger | October 30, 2007
Does anyone REALLY care about Mo Ager? Maybe you’ve seen him do something I haven’t. The Mavericks used up a perfectly good 1st round draft pick on Maurice Ager in 2006. For what?
When Ager was drafted, Avery Johnson was very positive about the pick. “This is a guy we’re hoping can be in that same mold (as Josh Howard) that can be one of our top players a couple years from now but at the same time can come right in as a rookie and potentially play for us… We kind of catapulted ourselves pretty much where I wanted us in that championship talk and that championship level. We really didn’t want a guy who we’d have to wait on as a project.”
Huh… well, you tell me: has Ager met Avery’s expectations. One would assume so, since Ager’s contract was extended. Shortly after the draft Avery said that he thought Ager could have gone as high as 10 or 12 in the draft, which is saying a lot.
So here he is, with an extended contract, and apparently some special defensive and shooting skill I have yet to see. Here’s hoping he CAN become the next player drafted and improved like Josh Howard.
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