05-19-2024, 09:20 AM
(05-19-2024, 07:39 AM)F Gump Wrote: I truly have no clue how much it will take to keep DJJ. His expectation is the key.
What I know (and both Mavs and DJJ know as well) is that the Mavs can certainly offer the following --
TxP MLE (5.2M) on a 1+1, which also gives him a full no trade
in 2025 offer up to NT MLE (maybe 13.5M or so?), perhaps another 1+1 and he again has full no-trade control
in 2026 he has full bird rights, to land at whatever is the right number for him to continue to complement Luka-Kyrie.
Would he do that? He's a great fit here.
On the other end, there's no scenario in which they can offer more than NT MLE of 12.9M this summer.
Also, getting the ability to do even increase the 5.2M this summer some of the way is possible, but uncertain, and most moves might not get the amount raised real far.
To get to the big MLE will be hard. To get part of the way will be more practical (like to the 8-9M area) but also perhaps costly).
On the flip side, he can very easily end up a player who gets paid so much that he's expected to do more than he can, and his team can't wait to get rid of him. He's been there before, and knows how that works.
So I suspect that if he really wants to be here, they have to work together on this - ie a cooperative venture to make sure he's okay and willing to sign the end result. Then the Mavs figure out how to do that.
In this playoff run, just four Mavericks average more than 30 mpg. Luka and Kyrie average over 40 - duh. The other two who average more than 30 are PJ, and DJJ.
I would simply say that Nico's orders for the offseason are to hold onto DJJ at all costs. By any means necessary. And of course my orders as a Mavs fan to the owners prior to that are, hold onto Lindsay at all costs. By any means necessary.