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The new NBA uses a ?soft? cap, meaning that the teams are at liberty to exceed the cap under special circumstances. However, this can leave a lot of the athletes unsatisfied when the front office executives do not comply with their demands. One such athlete is James Harden. He called Daryl Morey, the president of operations of the Philadelphia 76ers, a ?liar? during a promotional event in China. Mark Cuban sympathizes with Daryl Morey and shares his struggles with signing Kyrie Irving.
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Mark Cuban extends his support to Philadelphia 76ers president Daryl Morey
James Harden had made controversial remarks about President Daryl Morey during a marketing event in China. He had called him a ?liar? twice. He proceeded to say that he would never be a part of the team that Daryl was a part of. This reaction was presumably the result of a failed promise to trade him. As per ESPN, the Sixer?s asking price was steep, and no team could meet it.
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In episode 47 of The Pat Bev Podcast with Rone, Mark Cuban revealed the flip side of signing players above the cap price. With the recent changes in the CBA, it is possible to sign players beyond the cap. But there are several drawbacks to doing so. The most obvious one is its detrimental impact on team building.?
When talking about the recent situation of players demanding high-value trades, Mark Cuban gave his piece, stating, ?It?s not even so much can they demand, it’s where can they go you know because if the with the new CBA it’s not a hard cap, you can go above it, but there’s a lot of penalties that come with going above that.?
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He added, ?It’s not about okay, am I willing to pay the extra salary? It’s more about what does this do to my team building and if one guy gets hurt, you can’t, you’re stuck.?
Billionaire Mark Cuban opens up about the ins and outs of making trades
Before this year?s trade deadline, the Dallas Mavericks put everything into re-signing 10-time NBA All-Star Kyrie Irving. The star?s stepmother, Shetellia Riley Irving, helped him negotiate a three-year, $126 million contract. They completed this trade with only one thing in mind: Mav?s success. The only downside of the deal was the $90 million luxury tax. With both Irving and Doncic on the team, Cuban is positive about the future, despite last year’s failure.?
Addressing the trade, Cuban remarked, ?When you look at last year, we had issues that had nothing to do with Kyrie or Luca playing together. They were a 60 percent net effective field goal rate plus four point whatever you know top five combo in the league when they play together. Just between injuries and everything, we just didn’t have a team that was committed to the roles.?
With the NBA regular season approaching, it is still uncertain how the James Harden trade saga will end. However, fans are looking forward to seeing the star duo, Irving and Doncic, back together on the court again.?
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