(06-19-2023, 02:50 PM)ThisIStheYear Wrote: Question. I’ve heard a Josh Green extension could potentially cost $17 million per.  He’s a nice player on his rookie contract, but does anyone expect the Mavs would actually pay market value, particularly if it approaches $20 million. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him traded.

(06-19-2023, 02:50 PM)ThisIStheYear Wrote: Question. I’ve heard a Josh Green extension could potentially cost $17 million per.  He’s a nice player on his rookie contract, but does anyone expect the Mavs would actually pay market value, particularly if it approaches $20 million. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him traded.

(06-19-2023, 04:21 PM)audiosway Wrote: With Stein saying that Dallas is the only serious bidder for Kyrie I think they still need to pay him. He is the kind of guy that would feel "disrespected" by anything less and I think it would cause a lot of behind the scenes mess that you don't want with him. Kyrie needs to be "happy". It's stupid but that's what you get when you tie your team to a guy like that.

(06-19-2023, 04:23 PM)MFFL Wrote: I just hope we can make Kyrie happy at $40m a year.

(06-19-2023, 04:21 PM)audiosway Wrote: Yeah. I could actually see that. As long as it's in an upgrade I'm fine with it. They can't win paying guys like Green a big contract. I like him a lot. But, he's not the level of difference maker I think to make him part of a "core".

With Stein saying that Dallas is the only serious bidder for Kyrie I think they still need to pay him. He is the kind of guy that would feel "disrespected" by anything less and I think it would cause a lot of behind the scenes mess that you don't want with him. Kyrie needs to be "happy". It's stupid but that's what you get when you tie your team to a guy like that.

(06-19-2023, 04:35 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: You know that whatever 4 or 5 year deal he makes with them, he isn't going to play out that contract here. They have to make the deal tradeable within the new CBA. To me, the ideal is $30 mil a year (still too much, but they have no choice...). Anything more than $35 mil per is going to make us covet Beal's deal.

(06-19-2023, 03:51 PM)Jakeospikez Wrote: Mavs have been working out a ton of mid-late lottery smaller wings, so I'd think Green potentially being moved has to at the very least be some sort of backup plan cause that's his spot in the rotation. If their target bigs are all taken then trading Green for a big and drafting a small wing could be their play.

(06-19-2023, 04:35 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: You know that whatever 4 or 5 year deal he makes with them, he isn't going to play out that contract here. They have to make the deal tradeable within the new CBA. To me, the ideal is $30 mil a year (still too much, but they have no choice...). Anything more than $35 mil per is going to make us covet Beal's deal.

(06-19-2023, 06:51 PM)loki Wrote: I'd offer Kyrie a 3+1 that starts at the max with no raises. That would still make him the highest paid player on the team for the next 4 years, but it gives Dallas a bit more flexibility.

(06-19-2023, 07:34 PM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: What kinda message does that send to Luka making KI the highest paid? He's not the best player on the team. Cuban is  playing with fire if he does that, especially if like the end of last season showed us that him and Luka aren't a fit.

(06-19-2023, 07:40 PM)Jym Wrote: Ehh I feel like the ego part of that would be more of a concern if Luka took less money than his max.

(06-19-2023, 05:30 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: I’ve noticed the same thing and wondered that too.  The question is what deal does Green make work that doesn’t work without him.  Does he alleviate the need to include #10 in one of these deals.

There have been iterations of Ayton that needed a little more salary.  I think it was THJ/McGee or Bertans/McGee that needed a bit more money.   But adding THJ/Green to a team with Booker and Beal doesn’t make sense.

I could see Cleveland loving Green in a deal for Allen

Toronto may soon be without Trent Jr.  Green as part of a deal for Siakam?

(06-19-2023, 07:34 PM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: What kinda message does that send to Luka making KI the highest paid? He's not the best player on the team. Cuban is  playing with fire if he does that, especially if like the end of last season showed us that him and Luka aren't a fit.

(06-20-2023, 05:55 AM)omahen Wrote: - GSW is aiming higher than #10 with Kuminga and 19

Quote:Phoenix reached out to Dallas about a potential sign-and-trade for Kyrie Irving earlier in the offseason, per
@IanBegley

“Dallas, presumably, wasn’t interested in what the Suns offered at the time. If the Mavs were blown away by the offer, logic says that Irving would be a Sun today