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I have not seen anything that says Dumont is willing to pay tax.  

Sure you have. You are just closing your mind to what you have seen. But all the evidence to date says PD will always pay tax, so it would be something new and different if he didn't do so in the future.

Cuban sold the Mavs mid-season, and ran them for the rest of the season. Then, since that short transition, Dumont has not held back on the spending at all, as he has approved paying tax every season.

I don't think he would be interested in just flushing money for no reason, but if it looks like there's a path to winning, the evidence to date says he will spend.

Oh, and btw, if he had an expert GM instead of Nico the Idiot, the issue of repeater tax wouldn't even be in the mix for quite a few years. That's not just a reminder at how bad Nico was, but also on how much different thigs can (and will) operate once they get an elite GM to run the roster-building show. (I'm no GM, and I saw that blunder for what it was and its financial implications, in real time -- and Nico stupidly did it. Sooooo bad. Such an own goal. But it doesn't have to keep happening.)