Richaun Holmes - all he contributes is a contract for trading

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Yeah. It remains to be seen how tax averse Cuban will actually be, on the whole. 

I am fine with avoiding the tax this season, as a team building stratagem. As you say, there aren’t a lot of compelling reasons to pay it, and there are real advantages to avoiding it whenever possible.

I am not fine with using that rational over and over to justify not paying tax.  It’s his money and his toy, but something about his reputation for being willing to spend whatever it takes (leftover from his first decade as owner) juxtaposed with the fact that he has basically become one of the most tax averse owners in the game bothers me. If we’re still having this conversation in a year or two I’ll be disappointed. 

If staying under the tax is the reason for not re-signing Josh Green, for example…I mean, they’ll never tell us that, but it will be pretty obvious. How serious Cuban is financially with the long term of the core they’re starting to put in place will go a long way towards determining how high my hopes will get.

Agreed, Cuban will have to prove it over the next few years. Hopefully we get news of a Green extension soon so at least that disaster can be avoided.

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I am not an expert on the new CBA and most of my knowledge of it comes from reading this board regularly.  My understanding though was that all the team-building penalties are related to going over the second apron.  Going over the luxury tax but not over the second apron does not limit the team in any way.  It only affects what Mark Cuban makes off the Mavericks.  If I'm wrong on that, then my argument falls apart.

Due to receiving Grant Williams in a sign and trade they are capped at the first apron. So they could technically spend about $10m more if they can find a worthy player. I'm just not seeing that guy out there on the free agent market.