ROSTER TALK: Mavs favs for Vogel if no HC job exists. Kyrie handshake deal?

[dirkfansince1998]

Look, I agree the front office deserves some criticism.  Hope isn’t a strategy and even I could see before the TDL that Brunson was a risk.

HOWEVER, this Cuban is cheap stuff is a bit unfair (not meaning to pick on you.  You just happened to be the one who wrote it when I had a moment to look at numbers).  First, we haven’t seen how things end.  But, if they just end right now we are at $164mm in salary ($15mm into the tax) with one roster spot still available.  The list of who is spending more is pretty small…LAC, GS, Milwaukee.  Boston and LAL are about the same as us but LAL will likely cut salary when they trade RB. Brooklyn is higher also, but like LAL will probably make trades that reduce salary.

So, the list of teams spending more is very likely 3-4 teams.  I’m not sure Brunson leaving is any indication of future plans to spend or not spend on the right deal.

Didn´t we just have a chart that had the Mavs dead last in spending in the last five years? I think Cuban is bringing it upon himself. If he wouldn´t make big announcements he wouldn´t get as much criticism. It was him that talked about the Mavs being in luxury tax hell. Cannot really fault the fanbase. They are just holding him to his word.