If Rajon Rondo does indeed re-up with the Dallas Mavericks longterm — Mark Cuban and his player friendly style of ownership are likely to play a huge part.
Rondo — like every other player blessed to be a member of the Dallas Mavericks — tells stories of PlayStations in the locker room and a music playlist — based off the city the Mavs are in.
There are a lot of things that I really love. Even the practices, we listen to music, my type of music. It’s the little things. Say we are going to California, we will play Too $hort and West Coast music. If we are going to Houston we might play chop and screw, Bun B or something like that. If we are going to New Orleans we might play Lil Wayne at practice, during shooting 30 minutes before practice. It’s a cool way they run it. We get our work in.
“It’s a player’s organization. Players first, from our plane, the way we travel. I don’t take that for granted. We eat good. We stay at the best hotels. Of course, it’s the NBA. But this organization has the best. They have PlayStation in the lockers. I don’t play games, but it’s nice to know I got a PlayStation. TVs in your own locker. I heard about it – [Brandon Bass] and J-Terry [Jason Terry] told me – but seeing it and experiencing it.
Mavs fans can thank Bun B — the ‘Trill OG’ if Rondo sticks around.