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Which players deserved investigation for the Dallas Mavericks’ problems in 2017-18?

Jun 21, 2018

Jun 21, 2018 — Mark Cuban

The decision this board surrounds ultimately brought in Luka Doncic. Later outcomes never rewrite the board.

DAL on 2018-06-21: the listed basketball needs were interior finishing, passing, rim protection. no source-clocked open candidate route was available. 0 open-market candidate(s) matched at least one listed need. Market access, basketball fit, price, salary route, and legality remain separate.

No source-clocked open market foundlisted needs: interior finishing · passing · rim protection1 candidate — ordered by team link, then need match, then evidence. No target score.
Kawhi Leonardcap charge $18.9M
Market route
Linked only to another team
Need addressed
Addresses passing
Observed functions
event creation · creation · passing
Strength overlap
Addresses a need without overlapping an identified team strength
Availability history
No pre-decision availability reports in the governed source
Acquisition price
Withheld No public price evidence before the decision
Contract & salary
Minimum outgoing-salary screen available
Exact legality
Withheld A salary screen is not a full transaction-legality determination.
Why is he here?

Kawhi Leonard: sources linked Kawhi Leonard to another team, not DAL. His prior basketball profile addressed one listed need: passing. The minimum outgoing-salary screen was available for a $18,868,625 incoming charge. Exact transaction legality remains withheld without a complete package and exception ledger.

Minimum-outgoing salary screen (2017 CBA rules)
Incoming salary: $18.9MTeam position proxy: Under cap proxyRoom plus 100k: minimum outgoing $1.21MNon taxpayer expanded 175 100 plus5m or 125 100: minimum outgoing $13.9MTaxpayer lane (125% + $100K): minimum outgoing $15.0M

minimum outgoing salary screen only; post-trade team salary, guarantees, bonuses, aggregation timing, exceptions and complete package remain required for legality

prior-season impact context: 3.1 per 100 (O 2.3 / D 0.8) — Prior impact context is separate from team fit, price, and transaction value.

Historical decision board. A public-market player is not presented as a team target without a named team link. Minimum outgoing salary is not exact legality. Missing asking price is not a zero price. Later outcomes do not alter the decision-date board.