Mavs Money Ball questioned the MLE signings this year
Personally, I don't agree because I like WCS & Burke.
He also goes on rant about FA's wanting to play with Luka
https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2020/1...cess-questions
It’s a good thing the Mavericks pulled all this off, because free agency was another lackluster slog. Here is where everyone yells at me that the Mavericks only had the MLE, so there wasn’t much they could do. That is true, and I agree! I wasn’t expecting much from the Mavericks free agency this offseason, but I was hoping for a new acquisition with the MLE. Instead the Mavericks used it for bringing back two bench players, one in Cauley-Stein who might be out of the rotation by January when Porzingis returns. I am glad the Mavericks ended up spending their money, because that money spent is far more valuable than not, if nothing else for contracts that can be used to grease trades. What really grinds me are the reports about the Mavericks chasing Marc Gasol, who then went to the Lakers once the Lakers opened up their cap space and losing out on Jae Crowder, who went to Phoenix for the same amount of money the Mavericks could afford, although we don’t know how many years the Mavericks dangled. There weren’t a ton of options with the MLE, but here are some additional players aside from Gasol and Crowder that could have fit that slot and helped next season: Derrick Jones Jr., Serge Ibaka, Tristan Thompson, De’Anthony Melton (RFA), JaMychal Green, Aron Baynes, Justin Holiday, Kris Dunn, Garrett Temple, Maurice Harkless, Patrick Patterson, and Harry Giles.