OT Bucher: NBA Owners Will Look To Add NFL-Style Franchise Tag To Next CBA

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  1. selloutking

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    that may have had a lot to do with how bad Cuban felt he NEEDED to sign SOMEONE after the whole DJ debacle
     
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    Didn't the Kings offer something similar though?
     
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    Didn't technically the DJ debacle happen after Wes was signed... It all happened so fast.
     
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    It's gonna be one hell of a 30 for 30 one day
     
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    Wes got the Kings to trade draft picks for cap space so they could offer him ~$60 million. The Mavs then upped their offer to Wes and said they'd give him whatever they had left after signing DeAndre, and the max without DeAndre. It was projected to be ~$55 million so Wes technically took less money to sign with Dallas. But then when DeAndre left it opened up cap room so Wes got the full ~$70 million max. Cuban offered Wes the chance to back out of his contract when DeAndre left, pretending Wes might not be interested in signing with a worse team. But Cuban really had no intention of giving Wes the full max and was now stuck where he couldn't back out. If Dallas backed out with Wes they'd destroy their chances of future free agents.

    It was all quite the fiasco. Glad Wes got paid; Cuban got screwed, DeAndre showed himself to be a fraud, and the Kings botched a huge trade which could potentially give the 6ers 3 top draft picks.
     
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