DALLAS -- The #nohardfeelings hashtag from Chandler Parsons’ summer Instagram post with DeAndre Jordan does not apply to those who still reside in Dallas.

Jordan received another rude welcome from Dallas Mavericks fans on Wednesday night, as he was booed during pregame introductions and throughout the game, until the American Airlines Center crowd lost interest, which didn’t take too long in the home team’s lopsided loss.

Mavs fans have every right to despise Jordan for the way he went about his decision in free agency a couple summers ago, ripping their hearts out by reneging on his commitment to come to Dallas. But nobody can deny that Jordan ultimately made the right decision.

Need evidence? Look at the scoreboard: Clippers 124, Mavericks 104.

Better yet, take a glance at the Western Conference standings. The Clippers are in the top spot, with an NBA-best 14-2 record. Dallas is way down at the bottom, at 2-12, with every other team in the league owning at least twice as many wins after the Mavs lost seven straight games for the first time since February 1999.

“I feel like anywhere I would have been DeAndre,” Jordan told ESPN after putting up 16 points and eight rebounds in the rout. “I would have tried to help the organization out any way that I could, but I’m definitely happy where I’m at. This is a great organization for me. I’ve been here all my career, so it’s great.

“I wish these guys nothing but the best. I still owe those guys a lot for taking a chance on me. I just wish things would have gone differently.”

It took a remarkable recruiting job by the departed Parsons and Mavs owner Mark Cuban to talk Jordan into making what turned out to be a temporary commitment.

Jordan clearly needed some hard feelings to be smoothed over with the Clippers, particularly with point guard Chris Paul, but the Mavs took on the challenge of trying to get him to leave a loaded team in the city that NBA players love the most. With Paul and Griffin, Jordan had as teammates a pair of perennial All-Stars in their primes.

DeAndre Jordan had 16 points and eight rebounds in the Clippers' win over the Mavericks. Jerome Miron/USA TODAY Sports

The Mavs, on the other hand, wanted Jordan to be part of a core with Dirk Nowitzki and Parsons. That’s a legend near the end of his career and a good player who has never been an All-Star and was coming off hybrid microfracture surgery on his knee at the time he was wining and dining Jordan.

The Mavs sold Jordan on being the face of the franchise, which is what he said he wanted, right up until the moment he stopped returning their text messages and phone calls. Perhaps the pressure got to him after Cuban publicly declared that Jordan could be a 20-20 man and MVP candidate. Or maybe Jordan realized how good he had it in L.A. during the impromptu team meeting at his Houston home, which ended with him signing the contract that sealed his return to the Clippers.

“When you come together as adults outside of basketball and try to figure stuff out, things work out,” Jordan said. “I feel like that’s what we did a year and a half ago. It all worked out for the best. I’m happy I’m here. I’m pretty sure that the team’s happy I’m here. That’s in the past. We’re looking forward now.”

As Clippers coach/president of basketball operations Doc Rivers said, “It probably woke everybody up. Those are guys you’ve got to try to keep. You’ve got to keep him, and we did.”

Life in L.A. is awfully good for Jordan and the Clippers these days. Jordan might never be the man with the Clippers, but he’s a huge part of their success.

“He’s the world,” Rivers said when asked what the big man means to the team, referring to Jordan's dominant defensive presence, infectious energy and impact on the offensive end as one of the NBA’s most feared finishers.

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Jordan, who is averaging 11.1 points, 12.1 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game, has earned a reputation as one of the NBA’s elite bigs. He’s a major reason the Clippers are “one of a small handful of real contenders,” as Dallas coach Rick Carlisle called them.

The Mavs, on the other hand, are one of a small handful of teams with a good chance at the No. 1 overall pick in a loaded lottery.

What could have been for the Mavs with Jordan in the mix? Well, he wouldn’t have kept Father Time from getting an upper hand in the fight against the 38-year-old Nowitzki. He wouldn’t have prevented the knee problems that ultimately led to Parsons’ departure from Dallas.

The arrival of Jordan certainly would have made Dallas more attractive for free agents, but the Mavericks got a really good one in Harrison Barnes, and that hasn’t been enough to keep the injury-ravaged team out of the basement. Perhaps this would still be a playoff team with a dominant presence in the middle, but that really doesn’t matter.

“I’m worried about the Clippers, you know what I’m saying?” Jordan said. “I can’t worry about the Mavericks when it’s not my time.”

There will always be hard feelings for Jordan in Dallas, but that’s a small price for him to pay for making the best move (or non-move) for his career. The boos during his visits to the American Airlines Center certainly don’t affect the good vibes he gets as the Clippers rack up victories.

“I’m feeling great, man,” Jordan said. “I’m feeling great.”