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Can someone help me understand the flexibility talk about keeping the 15th spot open?  From what I understand, the Mavs can only offer the minimum.  So the only cost to adding another player if they fill the 15th spot is the releasing of a current player, right?   Am I am right to say in theory this would not create any more flexibility?

So when Marks talks about flexibility is he more thinking about not doing anything before camp when they may sign the last player?   Maybe holding out hope in a slim chance one of these bigger trades happen before training camp.

I think Cuban might try to sell it like that.

But imo leaving the last spot open is really about the money. (But Cuban will keep wanting to BS us and try to make us think it's something else.) There is tax added, if he signs someone, and Cuban doesn't want to pay what it costs.

So they will try to fill any 15th-man minutes with a 2-way player, whose contract does not get taxed. However, you can't do that with a seasoned veteran, only with a player who has just a few years of experience and is still floating around without an NBA job. That would be Dorsey. But it closes the door on MANY players who might have been quite helpful in time of need.

As the season goes along, in the early season they might sign someone to a non-guaranteed contract, use them for a bit, then waive them unless they are badly needed or way better than expected. After Jan 15, NG deals aren't possible, but 10-day contracts become an option. Those payments are taxed, but it adds up to smaller total that way.

If Dorsey or some else shows anything of value, near the end of the year they will negotiate a deal to a regular contract at the minimum, for rest of season plus another season, likely non-guaranteed (if they can negotiate it).

All that lessens the financial outlay.

This cycling of players could have one potential upside, if they have the skills as a franchise to make it work. It cycles through multiple players, and you have a 2-way slot open as incentive, as well as a regular NBA spot open, and you might have players coming up and going down to GL. But your ID-ing of talent and development dept and GL setup have to be great to make this path yield dividends, and there's lots of room for doubt on that, based on past history.