MAVS NEWS:

[F Gump]

Is this with or without Russell?   Can I already reserve our TXMLE for Lebron next year?   

I found it interesting that Hardy and Omax are both in Vegas and at the games.   I guess they are both under contract and young, but just found that interesting.   Maybe they are fringe guys and now they need to take advantage of every opportunity?

"Is this with or without Russell?" - Once you erase all of Martin, Hardy, and OMax from next year's payroll, there's room for Russell's 2nd year, along with FRP salary, along with TxMLE salary, and then minimums.

On Hardy and OMax, they are still Mavs until they aren't. But as I noted, OMax has a crossroads of sorts that is looming before the season starts - whether to pick up his 5.3M option for 2026-27 - and it's hard to see them doing so. Once they decline it, he's on the road to somewhere else next summer, so they might as well cut the cord now, it would seem.