There’s a little more than a week left before the trade deadline and the Mavericks aren’t in the middle of the rumor mill.
“Our phone hasn’t been ringing at all about anybody and we’re not calling anybody,” owner Mark Cuban said. “I told Donnie to take calls, but we’re not making calls. There you have it.”
This isn’t normal around these parts. But it is expected.
The Mavs are trying to contend for a championship while maintaining the financial flexibility to create major space under the salary cap this summer. They aren’t going to make a deal before the deadline that reduces their odds to repeat.
— Reported by Tim McMahon of ESPN Dallas
