http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/maver...y-not-a-choice
If we got shut out, we weren't just going to try to fill out the roster," Cuban said on 1310 The Ticket in Dallas. "We literally had the discussions that if we couldn't get a serious free agent, whether it's one of the other guys that are still out there or any of the early ones that went, that it was a time to step back."
After further explanation, including reasoning that the "race to the bottom" had become less crowded, Cuban concluded, "Fortunately, it didn't happen."
Unfortunately, yeah, it did.