TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

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If this is the case, this is so incredibly frustrating. 1) Because of the Mavs overpaying a bunch of scrubs and having bloated money on the roster and 2) because the Mavs are going to have to eat the luxury tax if they are going to dig themselves out of this roster debacle.

Bloated deals cluttering the roster. Yes. From day one as owner, money-whipping the situation was Cuban's go-to move -- "I'll just overpay to get this done, and then worry about the consequences later" -- in lieu of learning the disciplines of expert evaluation, negotiation, and development through the draft that allow a team to get the right talent at the right price.

Up to the title, Cuban's workaround was to keep paying until he had enough talent (even if a lot of it was overpaid).

Now he won't. Once Cuban runs out of money and picks to overpay with, after overpaying on deal after deal, they end up with a roster with overpaid players and not enough talent, and no assets to get more. And here we are.