09-28-2026, 12:58 PM
(09-28-2026, 07:55 AM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: League sources tell The Stein Line that the Mavericks have conveyed to Powell that they intend to make a true effort to explore pathways to keep the team's longest-tenured player active (dating to December 2014) even though it is difficult to see one at the moment. Dallas' most sheddable salaries, if we can use that term, are possessed by a trio of players management very much wants to keep: Tarik Biberović, Marcus Sasser and Moussa Cissé. Marc Stein: Guys: There is NO way they would waive (Tarik Biberovic). The point of what was written is that the three smallest contracts belong to players Dallas loves … Tarik at the top of that list. That’s why it’s going to be so hard to make room for Powell.
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marcstein.substack.com
To me, this feels like an unsaid "we will have room if we can find someone to take Martin, and we are still trying to find that taker."
While I find DS's idea intriguing, a closer look at DET payroll shows they are not at all in a payroll squeeze. Without Duren, they are only at about 154M incl DR, and adding Duren at 200M still leaves them more than 10M below the tax.
But the dream would be to find some other team who would want CM.