(07-18-2025, 01:50 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: Just beautiful.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/AyXkaXPSzU

(07-18-2025, 01:40 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: This might be the deadest I've ever seen this board under any circumstances.

Did I just step into a twilight zone in which we didn't win the draft lottery?

(07-18-2025, 02:57 PM)Winter Wrote: One thing that might be a holdup is the Cam Thomas deal with the Nets. Brooklyn is one of the only teams that could absorb some kind of cash deal\trade with the Mavericks right now. But until Cam Thomas accepts the Nets offer, the constipation will continue.

(07-18-2025, 01:40 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: This might be the deadest I've ever seen this board under any circumstances.

Did I just step into a twilight zone in which we didn't win the draft lottery?

(07-18-2025, 04:18 PM)F Gump Wrote: "Brooklyn is one of the only teams that could absorb some kind of cash deal\trade with the Mavericks right now. But until Cam Thomas accepts the Nets offer, the constipation will continue." --

Yep.

I think BKN is the biggest puzzle everyone is waiting on, because they ALSO have cap room they have to use somehow. But every impasse (the 4 RFA's stuck in BKN, CHI, GS, and PHI) has a ripple effect, with teams on the side waiting to see what that might shake loose.

BKN is probably not quite as stuck as it looks, because they have tons of cap space no matter what happens with CT. They know what they are willing to pay CT, so they already know what will be left over. The only surprise they could encounter would be if CT decides to take the QO, in which case their leftover amount doesn't go away, but instead gets even bigger.

Of course, none of that may have any relation to the Mavs at all, for two reasons. One, we can't be sure they are stuck at all. It's possible they are intending all along to move B Will to a 2-way, and merely waiting until camp starts. Or two, it's possible the Mavs already have a deal negotiated with someone else, but that team has other moves they must do first before taking a salary. The Mavs only need about 3M of workable space if selling OMax is their plan, and all that takes is a team with a sliver of leftover MLE money or a small TPE.

(07-18-2025, 03:12 PM)omahen Wrote: BKN are not in hurry to resign Cam Thomas, as they are exploring opportunities to sell their cap space. It is in their interest to operate as over the cap team and sell as much cap space as possible, before resigning Cam Thomas. So I think he is not really blocking any FA movement.

(07-18-2025, 05:14 PM)F Gump Wrote: Yes, if BKN wants to spend the money, they certainly have opportunity to sell all their space and more, to go over the cap. 

However, we're not sure where BKN is even headed.

Are they only going to spend the minimum, and save some money? If so, how far under the minimum will they be? Or are they going to "bank" some cap room for use at the TDL when a team is more desperate to slip under or stay under some cap-related spending limit? Or are they considering the OKC model, where they prioritize veteran player(s) who they take for a pick, and then hope to later sell for a pick when someone needs him? 

In some of those, do they maybe need to resolve the CT situation (which WILL get resolved by Oct 1) before selling what cap room they have left?

It would be a bit humorous if BKN just waited, and left much of the league stuck on whether to move on or to keep waiting too.

(07-18-2025, 01:50 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: Just beautiful.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/AyXkaXPSzU

(07-21-2025, 11:07 AM)Winter Wrote: Why is the Mavs training camp going to be in Canada?

"The Mavericks will congregate in Canada this fall, according to Stein, who says the team’s training camp will be held in Vancouver, B.C."

(07-21-2025, 11:07 AM)Winter Wrote: Why is the Mavs training camp going to be in Canada?

"The Mavericks will congregate in Canada this fall, according to Stein, who says the team’s training camp will be held in Vancouver, B.C."

(07-21-2025, 11:07 AM)Winter Wrote: Why is the Mavs training camp going to be in Canada?

"The Mavericks will congregate in Canada this fall, according to Stein, who says the team’s training camp will be held in Vancouver, B.C."

(07-21-2025, 02:11 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: I have only been to Vancouver once.  A few years ago.  I thought the city was awesome.  I know they didn’t really work with an nba team in the past and is a far way away.  I would be totally of them getting another shot.