07-23-2023, 07:57 PM
(07-23-2023, 04:42 PM)mvossman Wrote: The goal clearly was not to do everything possible to improve our roster this coming season. If that were the case we would not have made two draft picks in the first round. We would have traded that pick for a short term aging vet if the sole focus was on current year.
I don't think budgets has anything to do with what we have done. When we traded for Williams, that hard capped us at the first apron, which is around 172. The tax line is like 165, so there is not much room to pay tax anyways. As somebody mentioned, we tried to sign Thybulle to a contract that would have put us right at that limited and in the tax. At this point there is nothing out there to spend that much money on.
The best part of our off-season was the draft. This seems like a turning point in the Mark Cuban Maverick's history in that we actually used cap space for a draft pick. I couldn't be happier about that.
I still think there were/are players available in free agency who could upgrade our depth. In fact, there are some young players who I think would be worth a roster spot and a contract worth more than the minimum.
My concern is that so many decisions that the Mavericks make now seem cost-conscious. Cuban was refreshing and fun when he was a new owner and was willing to spend as much as it took to make us competitive. I'm not sure that's the case anymore as we keep making decisions that seems financially motivated.