The Dallas Mavericks were reportedly one of the teams set to meet with LeBron James who will command a max contract should he leave the Miami Heat. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban however revealed their plans for free agency and says no max deals will be given out.
via ESPN:
The Mavericks plan on aggressively pursuing superstars in free agency but will not make maximum-contract offers, owner Mark Cuban said.
The Mavs have approximately $26 million in salary-cap space after acquiring center Tyson Chandler and point guard Raymond Felton in Wednesday’s six-player trade with the New York Knicks. Dirk Nowitzki, the longtime face of the franchise, has repeatedly declared his intention to re-sign with Dallas on a hometown-discount deal that would still pay him well enough to feel “respected.”
That is not expected to leave the Mavs enough cap space to make a max offer to LeBron James or Carmelo Anthony, the two premier players available in free agency.
“We’re going to swing for the fences,” Cuban said Saturday on 103.3 FM’s “ESPN Dallas GameDay,” his first interview since the Chandler trade. “I think some of these guys are opting out just to create leverage, and they’ll go back. Then there’s some that really want to go to different teams. We’ll try to put ourselves in position to get them.”
