(10-18-2023, 05:49 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Bayern Munich is a bigger team maybe football wise, but their basketball team? Fat chance. If Cuban went to their owner and said here is a check for 20% of your yearly budget for your head coach you'd think they'd turn that down? 

I mean who knows. This is all speculation and doesn't matter. I'm sitting here arguing that Cuban would willingly write a check to make his team better in the short term... as if that'd happen!

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(10-19-2023, 06:53 AM)Time Machine Dirk Wrote: I think you are vastly underestimating European sports clubs in general. 
Bayern Munich is a wealthy club which takes pride in not being sellers but buyers. They won't put their season on the line by selling their newly acquired star basketball coach midseason for a few million dollars. It's just not that kind of club. Their volume 2022 was 665 million Euro and their capital resources are about 504 million Euro. (Although I don't know if that is just the football department or the whole club.) For comparison: The Mavs volume 2021 was 231 million dollars, rougly one third of Bayern Munich's. (sources: google)

Furthermore, my guess is that Pablo Laso wouldn't request to leave Bayern Munich just after signing a new contract with them. This is basically never happening in European sports. Bayern Munich will never do that, especially because they probably won't have a quick solution for a new coach to replace Laso with. However...maybe they would consider a coaching swap: J Kidd for Laso.

I hope this adds some clarity to the discussion.

Edit: Bayern Munich's basketball department works with less money, of course. However due to being part of the whole club they don't have to rely on much money coming in via selling players or coaches I would guess.

(10-19-2023, 06:53 AM)Time Machine Dirk Wrote: It's just not that kind of club. Their volume 2022 was 665 million Euro and their capital resources are about 504 million Euro. (Although I don't know if that is just the football department or the whole club.) For comparison: The Mavs volume 2021 was 231 million dollars, rougly one third of Bayern Munich's. (sources: google)

Edit: Bayern Munich's basketball department works with less money, of course. However due to being part of the whole club they don't have to rely on much money coming in via selling players or coaches I would guess.

(10-18-2023, 05:49 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Bayern Munich is a bigger team maybe football wise, but their basketball team? Fat chance. If Cuban went to their owner and said here is a check for 20% of your yearly budget for your head coach you'd think they'd turn that down? 

(10-19-2023, 04:35 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: I said before, it's speculation. I'm assuming Cuban would actually try and spend some money to improve the team, which history says that is unlikely. And of course it's unheard of for a coach to up and leave a program after just being signed. 

(10-19-2023, 06:25 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Mav’s have signed C Tony Bradley.  PR doesn’t specify what type of contract.  He’s not eligible for a 2-way.  So, it is either for the big club or the affiliate.  If the big club, someone is cut or there is a 2-for-1 trade coming.

(10-19-2023, 06:54 PM)omahen Wrote: Interesting. I hope it is either for the affiliate or the trade is coming. Signing him instead of even Morris doesn't make a lot of sense, as he is not better than current Mavs centers and they have plenty of centers as it is.

(10-19-2023, 07:02 PM)omahen Wrote: Interesting twit from JRich

https://twitter.com/J_Rich1/status/1715102852819874172

(10-19-2023, 07:12 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: Makes one think. Delon was ushered out pretty quickly too. What is making the stop in Dallas basically their worst stop?

(10-19-2023, 08:29 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: Bradley was drafted by Dennis Lindsey too.  Still pretty young.  Just has never proven to be more than an end of a bench player.

This needs to be a G-league spot.  Not a two way.  Justin Jackson was in the same draft and he has played in the G league.  Funny Bradley played on the same team as Theo Pinson at UNC.  Justin Jackson was on that team too. 

Bradley isn’t a guy you sign before a trade.  I would not expect much with this.  But who knows.