Candace Buckner

USA TODAY Sports

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban spoke briefly to reporters on Saturday during halftime of his team's Summer League game in Las Vegas. Though Cuban was unusually coy on some topics, he confirmed that Indiana Pacers unrestricted free agent Lance Stephenson is among a list of players filling a Plan B for his team.

Dallas has already given Houston Rockets small forward Chandler Parsons a three-year, $46 million offer sheet. However, if Houston matches before 11:59 p.m. ET on Sunday night, then Parsons, a restricted free agent, will return to the Rockets.

That would leave the Mavericks without their primary free agent target, but with a void to fill. Enter Stephenson.

"We're exploring a lot of options, a lot of different people," Cuban said on Saturday. "Hopefully, the Rockets won't match and we'll have Chandler and that changes what we're able to do, but Lance is certainly on the list."

Stephenson, 23, has not accepted the Pacers' original offer of five years and $44 million, presented on the first day of free agency on July 1. In his fourth year, Stephenson averaged career highs in points, rebounds and assists and appeared to be on his way to becoming one of the hottest free agents this summer before several incidents of questionable on-court behavior stripped some of the shine off of his season.

However, Stephenson's agent Alberto Ebanks has previously said that Stephenson's play should overwhelm any potential buyers' hesitation.

"I think at the end of the day, if I'm a GM, if I'm a coach, if I'm a team president, a decision maker, a policy maker, it's OK for me to have to rein in a guy," Ebanks said. "I don't want a guy who'll have to beg to get after (it). You don't ever have to worry about whether Lance Stephenson is getting on the plane or whether he's showing up. Lance Stephenson shows up every single night and if he's on the court against you, regardless of the relationship you may enjoy off the court, he's in a zone. He's a unique guy. He wants to win and if he can beat you by 100, that's OK with him too."

Candace Buckner covers the NBA for The Indianapolis Star, a Gannett affiliate.