06-24-2022, 12:50 PM
(06-24-2022, 12:17 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: @"Arioch" (I think) made this point last night, and I agree with it.
BUT, Cuban probably won't "buy" a 2nd rounder in the future. Sure, he can, but he won't. He MIGHT allow the team to trade a 2nd rounder (the next time they have one) for multiple even more future 2nds, but they don't ever seem to do that, either.
I know Cuban has history, and as the guy who ultimately signs the checks, the terms of this deal might be 100% his. But I am absolutely certain Nico was fully on board with it and was advising exactly this deal if Hardy was indeed #19 on their board.
I spend my days neck-deep in the P&L reports for a Fortune 500 company. In a scenario where "we want X. We have 2 options to get it, option 1) we pay $3Million for it now, option 2) we pay 'future considerations' now, and if we want more X in the future we can always pay $3Million then", corporate executives are going to go with option 2 100 times out of 100. It's Balance Sheet Management 101.