(03-26-2023, 08:21 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: If they counted G-league records we would be sitting golden. Texas Legends are 7-25 with the worst record in the G league.
Cuban continues to be inept at using the Legends to extract NBA value, doesn't he? Early as an owner, he did a cost analysis of developing talent, decided it was an inefficient use of resources, and intentionally opted to "think outside the box" (outsmart the rest of the league) by building the talent base without scouting, drafting, development, etc, leaving those hard-to-do tasks to other franchises and then he could just buy their workproduct so to speak. Mistakes were solved by eating the bad payroll, and sometimes replacing it with players better but more expensive, rather than by having to wait for the next pick.
It worked somewhat. But the NBA began to clamp down on spending, and eventually made it too punitive to have a high dollar payroll. Unfortunately Cuban's never recovered from that original mindset of leaving the frustrating drafting and development tasks to others.
It spills over to the GL. Many franchises have learned to develop marginal prospects into usable NBA players via the GL but Mavs continue to flail.