Gortat appears* bound for a team not named the Dallas Mavericks

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Originally Posted by Kidd Karma

No doubt, Smith knew all along in his mind, he was matching Gortat....he also wanted Bass all along....the assumption throughout the media was that Orlando won't pay the tax and that was a wide spread assumption. Once Bass signed he matched Gortat. I probably thought he would give Bass a deadline to take the deal and given it was 4 million per, it beat anything he got on the market. I doubt they had a handshake deal....more of ideology that Orlando is not a lux tax payer, which is driven by the media and history, Smith went against both. We got smoked either way.....it just opens your eyes to how much of an ass Smith is.....he played his cards well and basically thanks for doing business Mark!!

That will come back to Otis in future years and trades and bite him back in the ass.

Maybe when he need to find a way to dump Lewis with his 20+ salary or an unmotivated Gortat.