EXTENSION: Gobert signs 5yr/$205M w/ UTA | DAL "significant interest" if available

[SkenfromLMF]

The idea of cap space is most likely a thing of the past

Huh?

Have you been paying attention to the Mavericks and the NBA?

I probably should have been clearer - I was a bit rushed.
I don't think Dallas is going to go all in on cap space, no matter what the contracts look like today... I think Richardson gets re-signed and I would not be shocked IF THJ (or the player he nets in trade) is signed instead of creating cap space. This roster will NOT have space for the foreseeable future once Luka is signed.

I had this same conversation with D-Lord when Harrison Barnes got traded:
Everything about that trade screamed the creation of cap space -
I told DL not to be surprised when the MBT held the TE created by the trading Barnes into the subsequent season because Dallas had NEVER landed a key FA by outright signing, and using the TE (with the full MLE) as an over the cap team was preferable to watching cap space vanish. I was pretty well told that I did not understand the NBA (or the MBT).
SURE ENOUGH - No Kemba and people could figure out why they wasted cap space on Wright when it cut into the space - Wright was done using the MLE and the Mavs carried the Barnes TPE all the way to dust.

I see what they are doing, but I am not convinced they can finish the deal (or that any key FA's will choose Dallas over other suitors)