Cuban has sold the Mavs to Adelson-Dumont Family

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To be honest, it feels like the FO is finally making good decisions right now.  Not sure how excited I would be to pull the plug on that and get random new option.  

The FO was clearly ready to go into the tax if it made sense last offseason.  They made the offer to Thybulle that would have put them there (unless they had some plan to dump salary afterwords).  It seems like having a 40 billion pocket owning majority is a good thing regarding tax concerns.

Someone posted a graphic over the summer showing what each team had spent total on their roster over the past 5 seasons combined.  The Mavericks were 30th.  We have been the stingiest franchise in the NBA.  I think Cuban would like to win but he doesn't want to spend the money to be competitive.  Most decisions since 2011 can be easily explained by our owner's financial priorities.  Plan powder always kept us well away from the luxury tax.  Jalen Brunson leaving kept us away from the luxury tax.

We tried to sign Thybulle with part of the MLE but then gave up on further improvement when Portland matched.  Either Paul Reed or Dario Saric would have been really useful to our team this season.  We could have obtained either by using a chunk of the MLE.  Instead, we opted to sign outside veterans only for the minimum.  Our roster outside of Luka and Kyrie is pretty terrible.  Our winning record is the result of two great players carrying an otherwise pitiful roster.  

Mark Cuban was once a fun, energetic owner.  He wanted to win above all else.  That man disappeared more than a decade ago. The Mavericks would be better off if he would buy an island somewhere, stay there and shut up.