03-25-2021, 04:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-25-2021, 04:44 PM by dirkfansince1998.)
(03-25-2021, 04:28 PM)michaeltex Wrote: Maybe the answer is more nuanced. Maybe he doesn't want to pay the LT, yet, because of the fact that a championship team will be expensive to keep with the escalation factors. And we all expect Luka (and others) to be around for a long time.
Dirk gave lots of hometown discounts. Basically taking whatever was left after MBT put the team together, which made cap management easier that Donnie and Mark deserved. I don't expect that from Luka, at least not for a while.
Mavs still rank 3rd in all time luxury tax. Cuban went all out to win his first championship. Immediately stopped after the Mavs won in 2011. 151m from 2002 to 2011. We cannot really complain about a cheap owner but compared to his early ownership years he isn´t as willing to pay. Cannot really fault him. I think Ballmer is in a similar situation right now. Trying everything to win but even money cannot buy an NBA ring (well it can when a broke player has to sell one).