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It's pretty clear that's the goal, at least for this summer. Like always, the motivation can be explained by wanting to avoid paying tax in order to avoid repeater tax penalties and increasingly harsh disadvantages in the future, but to be honest, that's the reason that would be given to us even if the real reason was purely cheapness, so it's a legitimate question. 

I brought this up the other day and people spent about .05 seconds thinking about it before they dismissed it, but there's so much smoke from the ATL side regarding Josh Green. When you look as where the team is now, Green is important and I agree, not a player I'd move for Capela. However, I can't say that Capela isn't worth one young player like Green in a vacuum, and if we open our minds to the possibility that Cuban is thinking of ways to avoid the tax permanently, or at least as long as possible, then Green's impending free agency isn't the most convenient thing for them to work around. I have a sneaky suspicion that Green is not off the table in the right deal, now or at the deadline, and IF he gets moved, I will take it as a sign that the team will want to avoid the tax again next year, and that setting that path up ahead of time was at least part of the motivation. 

I hope that doesn't happen, but if it does, that's when I'll start to worry about Cuban's cheapness.

Cuban seemed willing to pay the tax for Thybulle. I'd be surprised if he wouldn't do the same for Capela. 

Hopefully they have a pretty good idea of the chances of extending Green for a reasonable price by now. If he's not interested in a Grant Williams-type contract then I could see them being more willing to deal him. On the other hand, going to restricted free agency wouldn't be the end of the world.