01-10-2023, 11:22 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-10-2023, 12:00 PM by dirkfansince1998.)
(01-10-2023, 11:12 AM)DallasMaverick Wrote: Nah. I don't agree with your premise.
Cuban:
Net worth $4.6b
Bought Mavericks for $285m, now worth 10x that??
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/10/billiona...20lifetime.
I think the only reason he doesn't overspend on salaries is that he wants to win, and recognizes that he has to get value from each player to field a winner.
If the team is mediocre, should he really be paying luxury tax?
Or is the team mediocre because he is refusing to pay big money. Letting some of the best players walk for nothing has been a trademark of the post 2011 Mavs. Started with Chandler. With Brunson as the most recent example.
Cuban thought he was smarter than anyone else and expected the new CBA to prevent owners from paying multi year tax. Was the perfect scenario. He got his ring by outspending the rest of the league. And now no one would be able to do the same in the future. But he didn´t consider that among billionaires he isn´t at the top of the food chain.
There are guys like Balmer that simply play in a different league. Or smart business man like Lacob that recognized the once in a life time opportunity to build a money printing revenue machine that makes up for all time high luxury tax bills.