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[The Jom]

Yeah but Bayern Munich is a bigger team than the Dallas Mavericks and they are more or less famous for not letting players/coaches go that are under contract. He´d need to have a release clause for this to happen.

This is an interesting point. Are you saying there is something unique about German law that allows them to force employees to honor employment contracts? (That’s not the law here. You can breach employment contracts but are then liable for any damages caused. But I don’t know German law at all.) 

Or are you saying this guy has something like a non-compete clause in his agreement that would foreclose his coming here? (The law here allows employers to enforce non-compete terms that are “reasonably” limited in scope—including geographic scope—and duration. I guess Europe to US professional basketball could be considered a reasonable scope, but I wouldn’t be confident that would hold up.)

If all you mean is the coach would be liable for damages, that shouldn’t be a hindrance providing the cash involved is way more here than there. Whatever harm his departure would cause, it also saves them the $4 mil per year they would have owed him, and he’d get to net that out.