Rick Carlisle, Mavericks agree on 5-year extension, per report

Carlisle now has a contract extension for five years, believed to be in the $7 million per season.

Both of those years will be honored, so the new deal will begin in the 2017-18 season and last through the 2021-22 campaign, Stein reports.

That’s why Mark Cuban and Donnie Nelson are making sure they don’t. “I have the best owner and general manager in sports, and one of the greatest players in National Basketball Association history to thank for this opportunity. “There is much work to be done as we move forward”, the statement said.

“We are excited to retain Coach Carlisle in the Mavericks family, ” Owner Mark Cuban said.

Carlisle previously was the head coach of the Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers.

He is just one of five active coaches who has won a championship.

There was no shortage of turnover and tumult regarding the team leading up to the 2015-16 season, but Carlisle has the influence to keep things moving in the right direction, even if expectations aren’t particularly high for the Mavs. The former Boston Celtic’s record in Dallas was 340-222 entering Thursday.

Rick Carlisle often comes in second on lists of the NBA’s most respected coaches, behind his biggest rival, Gregg Popovich of the Spurs. I don’t think there’s any chance he gets fired, but if things go south, I would bet he’d be allowed to leave. Carlisle 340victory with the Mavericks also brought along our first sighting of the intended starting lineup with Deron Williams, Wesley Matthews, Chandler Parsons, Dirk Nowitzki, and Zaza Pachulia who ran out of the gate with an early 15-0 lead.