(07-30-2023, 06:18 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I don't understand this point. Nobody is suggesting there's anything about any possible Capela trade that has anything to do with going over the tax line this year. You lost me.
What? Are you sure? I thought that was part of the discussion today, wondering if the Mavs might be saying no to good trades etc because of tax, intertwined with Capela being a potential target, intertwined with thoughts on whether Cuban's cheapness is somehow holding the Mavs back.
Thus, my comment that various Capela trade ideas - at least the ones I'm seeing - shouldn't lead to an either-or that hinges on Cuban's willingness to paying tax. A sampling ...
#4842 "Now do we talk about the need to stay below the tax line? Apron 1 I understand fully why we would want to stay below, but the tax line is only a Mark payout issue. If that is any part of the reason we’re not making further trades, I might have to stop watching myself. "
#4845 KL in reply to 4842 " 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."
#4846 directly talks about that very idea " Cuban seemed willing to pay the tax for Thybulle. I'd be surprised if he wouldn't do the same for Capela."
$4848 was an expression of confidence that Mavs weren't running from good options based on tax considerations, #4849 by KL seemed to endorse that confidence, and IN THAT CONTEXT brought up Capela thoughts " I'm leaning that way, too, and hope you're right. I just can't dismiss the idea, personally. I feel like a Capela trade is still possible, and there are a few versions of it that will drive me insane."