(10-07-2024, 10:50 AM)michaeltex Wrote:   But is there a case for moving Kyrie to the 6th man spot instead of Klay, and getting one of Marshall or Grimes in the starting rotation?

(10-07-2024, 12:28 PM)F Gump Wrote: To me it would make more sense if one of them became 6th man, but it doesn't look like that's happening.

• Offensive Guard (Kyrie, Klay)
  
• Defensive Guard (Grimes, Naji)
  
• Offensive Forward (Luka, Klay)
  
• Defensive Forward (PJW, Naji)
  
• Center (Lively, Gafford)
  

• Spencer and Hardy step in for Kyrie, Klay or Luka. 
  
• Exum steps in for Grimes.
  
• Kessler and O-Max steps in for Naji and PJW.
  
• Kleber steps in for Lively or Gafford.
  

(10-07-2024, 12:28 PM)F Gump Wrote: Neither Klay nor Kyrie are being considered for a 6th man role - both are starters, and there's been no conversation otherwise.

To me it would make more sense if one of them became 6th man, but it doesn't look like that's happening.

(10-07-2024, 12:28 PM)F Gump Wrote: Neither Klay nor Kyrie are being considered for a 6th man role - both are starters, and there's been no conversation otherwise.

To me it would make more sense if one of them became 6th man, but it doesn't look like that's happening.

(10-08-2024, 12:13 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: https://x.com/MavsPR/status/1843700551466553579

Interesting.  I was under the impression he still had two way options after thinking this had expired after the season.  Can they still bring him back?

IMO, he was given enough time.  Nice player, probably just a notch below or one of many guys good enough for the NBA but where there are not enough spots available.    Maybe Dallas saw enough with one of their younger guys in camp already?

(10-08-2024, 12:13 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: https://x.com/MavsPR/status/1843700551466553579

Interesting.  I was under the impression he still had two way options after thinking this had expired after the season.  Can they still bring him back?

IMO, he was given enough time.  Nice player, probably just a notch below or one of many guys good enough for the NBA but where there are not enough spots available.    Maybe Dallas saw enough with one of their younger guys in camp already?

Quote:A Two-Way Contract cannot be signed by a player that has (or may have during its term) 4 or more years of service (for example, a player with 3 years of service cannot sign a 2-year Two-Way Contract).  Nor can a player sign a Two-Way Contract that would result in the player being under a Two-Way Contract for any part of more than 3 seasons with the same team (for example, a player that just completed a 2-year Two-Way Contract cannot then sign another 2-year Two-Way Contract with that team).

(10-08-2024, 01:37 PM)Knutsen Wrote: Had to come just to make space for Morris on the regular season roster, right? So I don’t think it’s because one of our young talents will get a roster spot. They are competing for the two-way contracts I guess.

(10-08-2024, 02:50 PM)OBX Maverick Wrote: I couldn’t watch game last night, but saw highlights of Gortman. My first thought after seeing him was that AJ’s days were numbered (if he was still in fact eligible for a 2 way).  Wonder if Gortman’s performance had anything to do with the move?

(10-08-2024, 03:18 PM)Knutsen Wrote: No, because Lawson was on a regular contract. Waiving him was coming after they agreed to bring Morris back, he gets roster spot number 15. 

We have only two out of three possible two-way contracts at the moment, with Kessler Edwards and Brandon Williams.

So Gortman, Sharpe and Miller are playing for the third one, if two of them outplay for example Williams he could still get waived. If all of them suck we could get someone from another roster.

(10-08-2024, 02:36 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: There's a weird rule when it comes to 2-way's that actually has me confused:

https://cbabreakdown.com/contract-types/

Lawson has already 2 years of qualified service with the Mavs under a 2-way contract. So is he eligible for 1 more year with a 2-way? Or has his eligibility ran up (as in only up-to 3 years). 

He still has 2 years of 2-way eligibility left with any other team not named the Mavs.

(10-08-2024, 04:07 PM)F Gump Wrote: The 2-way rules keep evolving so they are confusing, and were significantly altered during Covid year on the fly. So it's been hard to follow what are the actual rules. Unfortunately the CBA FAQ is still not updated to the 2023 CBA (not sure what's going on with that), and the two-way rules have been altered here and there in the new CBA. So unless you are willing to do digging in the CBA, it's a lot of uncertainly.

But I think Lawson could sign a 2-way with Dallas, if they both wanted that.

I also think that players who don't have NBA contracts can continue to be eligible for 2-ways, until they have 3 prior years (even 1 day on an NBA contract counts as a year) of regular NBA contracts. Lawson has only had 1 afaik.

Quote:Page 75: Subsection E; ii and iii

ii) No Team may sign or convert a player to a Two-Way Contract if the player has or may have four (4) or more Years of Service at any point during the Contract. For example, a player with three (3) Years of Service would not be eligible to sign a Two-Way Contract with a term of two (2) years. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Team may sign or convert a player who has four (4) Years of Service to a Two-Way Contract covering no more than one (1) Season if the player was credited with one (1) or more Years of Service in respect of a Season in which he (A) did not play in a Regular Season, Play-In, or playoff game and (B) was on a Team’s roster at all times from the first day of the Regular Season through the end of the last day of the Regular Season

iii)  No Team may sign or convert a player to a Two-Way Contract, or acquire a Two-Way Contract by means of assignment, if, as a result, the player would or could be under a Two-Way Contract for any part of more than three (3) Salary Cap Years with the same NBA Team. For example, a player who completes a two-year Two-Way Contract with a Team could not subsequently sign a two-year Two-way Contract with that Team.

(10-08-2024, 03:18 PM)Knutsen Wrote: No, because Lawson was on a regular contract. Waiving him was coming after they agreed to bring Morris back, he gets roster spot number 15. 

We have only two out of three possible two-way contracts at the moment, with Kessler Edwards and Brandon Williams.

So Gortman, Sharpe and Miller are playing for the third one, if two of them outplay for example Williams he could still get waived. If all of them suck we could get someone from another roster.

(10-08-2024, 10:36 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine)
The Mavericks announce that CEO Cynthia Marshall, who in March 2018 became the first Black female CEO in NBA history, is retiring at year’s end and will serve as a team consultant through December 2025. Marshall turns 65 in December.

Quote:A few days ago, according a person familiar with her thinking, Marshall was in contract-extension negotiations with Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont, whose family last December purchased the franchise’s majority interest from Mark Cuban.

Marshall’s husband, Kenneth, has battled cancer for two years and Marshall herself is a stage 3 colon cancer survivor, but it’s unclear whether Kenneth’s health was a determining factor.