Monthly Archives: August 2013

Mark Cuban: Learning From Mikhail Prokhorov?

A few days ago, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban posted a blog post on his personal website, regarding the state of the Mavericks: http://blogmaverick.com/2013/08/03/lets-talk-mavs-mffl/. The post is long, but can be boiled down to 2 essential points about the state of the NBA, both of which relate to the Nets:

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Billy King: First Class Trendsetter

In the summer of 2010, the mantra for the NBA’s lottery teams was to acquire max cap space, for a run at LeBron, Wade, Bosh, Amare, Joe Johnson, Carlos Boozer, Rudy Gay, and David Lee. Half the league lined up hoping to score big. The results? The Heat got their Big 3. Everyone else? The Knicks, Bulls, and Warriors have seen Amare, Boozer, and Lee as albatrosses (the Warriors playoff run was triggered by Lee’s injury, and Boozer has not been the number two the Bulls hoped for next to Derrick Rose). The Hawks and Grizzlies already traded away Johnson and Gay. And every other cap room team that summer did not get a big name.

In the summer of 2010, the mantra for the NBA’s lottery teams was to acquire max cap space, for a run at LeBron, Wade, Bosh, Amare, Joe Johnson, Carlos Boozer, Rudy Gay, and David Lee. Half the league lined up hoping to score big. The results? The Heat got their Big 3. Everyone else? The Knicks, Bulls, and Warriors have seen Amare, Boozer, and Lee as albatrosses (the Warriors playoff run was triggered by Lee’s injury, and Boozer has not been the number two the Bulls hoped for next to Derrick Rose). The Hawks and Grizzlies already traded away Johnson and Gay. And every other cap room team that summer did not get a big name.

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