This pretty much guarantees that the Mavericks won’t win a title next year.

Nothing against VC personally, he is just a “Cooler” and teams can’t prosper with him on the squad.

The Dallas Mavericks have exercised their option on Carter’s full $3.1 million salary, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. Saturday was the deadline to either go all in or buy out the 35-year-old swingman at a reduced rate.