Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

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Yellow Legacy
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? Dallas Mavericks and Tarik Biberovic still haven't agreed on salary. There's a two million euro difference between them. ? Dallas wants to add a star player to their roster. After acquiring that player, they want to give their entire budget to Tarik Biberovic. ? The player is currently interested, but they haven't been able to agree on a price. If Tarik leaves, Fenerbahçe will receive 2 million euros.  ? @yagosabuncuoglu x.com/yagiz_iv/statu…
3:53 PM · Jul 5, 20267.7KViews

This is intriguing. My immediate reaction to "star" was the Mavs are planning on Lebron. Or another very high profile player. 

But let's consider. How would a Euro outlet know who the Mavs are pursuing? They wouldn't. So let's work backwards.

The Euro report got this info from Tarik or his agent. But the Mavs wouldn't have told them who they are pursuing either. So this must be based on what the Mavs told them when they wanted more money. 

My guess at what the Mavs said? Something like this: you want more money, but we have to see what happens on another deal(s) we are working on, and then maybe we can offer more. But this is all we have to offer for now. We have some higher priorities in our spending.

Smart negotiating. This is our offer. Maybe we can offer more later, but maybe not. But here's our offer, if you want it. Non-committal. And I wouldn't assume the Mavs will necessarily ever get to the point where they come back and raise their offer.

From Tarik's angle - the Mavs are still chasing a star player, because he's a much higher spending priority than me.