2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

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If I remember it right the Mavs had somewhere between 10-12mio left if they wanted to stay out of the luxury tax.

1. Do you really think that there wasn´t a better player than Jackson or Lee available for that money?

2. When the Mavs did not use it people on this board started to rave about the value of a TPE. Turn out it is useless and the Mavs screwed up.
You are describing two options and I think the latter one is more likely. They did not try.

3. Or they tried and failed.

4. Both aren´t good looks.

5. Asset management has been terrible for years and it continues to be a problem.

Thankfully Rick, Mark and RC have other strengths that can at least somewhat make up for it. Player development, drafting and trading.

1. I have no idea what was available. But NBA deals aren't as simple as taking Jackson or Lee back to the store, getting your money back, and then buying someone else. 

2. "Rave" is overstated. But it is an asset. If they didn't find a deal they wanted, that doesn't mean that the asset is useless or that they screwed up. It just means that they didn't find the deal they wanted. 

3. I don't think "not making a deal" is failure. I think building a bad roster and losing is failure. 

4. I hate this phrase. I don't care what it looks like. I care about reality. 

5. Your opinion. I believe it's overstated. There was a good chunk of time where I thought their asset management was awful (post championship) and wrote way too many words about that topic on this forum for a number of years. I actually think they're doing a good job with it now.

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Did Mavs in tanking seasons take bad salary for picks at all? 
Sell any useful players for picks? 

You obviously want to lead the witness, so just tell me what you think.