(04-05-2023, 09:12 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: I'd be all over 10 for 19 plus Garuba.  He's got a lot of interesting tools.  Moving some money to Houston would be a huge help in terms of exceptions and S&T possibilities.

If I had Garuba (kind of a Green starter kit), I'd probably try to use 19 and 2027 for a Turner-like center.  Win now and add to the youth movement at the same time.  I'm not against Green.  In fact, I see that as a strong possibility.  But, Green plays a lot more time with Looney than without.  If Green at center is a specialty lineup, then, we still don't have the needed center for the rest of the minutes.

(04-11-2023, 03:54 PM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: Sounds like they’re in the dark just like they were with Brunson.

(05-05-2023, 05:55 AM)omahen Wrote: Rachel Nichols on Twitter: "Jason Kidd on Headliners, discussing his approach to coaching Kyrie Irving and the Mavericks' attempts to retain Kyrie in free agency: "We're going to do everything to keep him, and we hope that we've done everything to make him comfortable, and want to be a Mav for life." https://t.co/qbbRPBd5ab" / Twitter

(05-12-2023, 10:32 AM)ItsGoTime Wrote: I think it would be a fascinating exercise to figure out what an offer to Kyrie would be that takes into account his "disrespect" level of tolerance, but pays homage to what the actual market might be for him out there. There has got to be a "safe" number for his starting salary that gets us to be able to spend the full MLE and BAE comfortably. Pretty sure his full max bid on the market gets him $202Mish. If that's the case, is any team gonna pay that and will he want to play for the team that does (looking at you Houston)? First thought with that is we can play with the years and max raises to beat that offer while making the first year much lower. We can beat that offer by starting at $36M per year with 8% max raises ($211M). Is that disrespect? Next the flat amount to beat would be $41M per year for 5 years ($405M). That's a lot more stomachable for both sides, but is it low enough to get us comfortably enough below the apron to utilize the full MLE and BAE?

I'm using Sportrac for all my numbers. Oof, those numbers really add up. With that 41 starting # I got to $160.5M (against $162M first tax apron) really fast and not so sure I got all the numbers. I got all 8 current contracts, #10 pick, Kyrie's $41M, Powell at vet min and 4 Incomplete Roster Charges (rounding up to $4M). The starting at $36M doesn't get us enough below either.

I guess we can get there with Bullock and Bertans ways to get them off or lower on the books, would want to know what targets we're getting before I make that decision.

(05-12-2023, 12:08 PM)DallasMaverick Wrote: Just need to get Dirk in the room during the negotiations.  

"Hey, Dirk!  Is it a good idea to take less than market value?  Do you regret that now?  When you go to a restaurant in Dallas, do you ever have to pay?  Do most people like you? If you asked Mark for a $25mil/yr consulting gig, would he give it to you?"

(05-12-2023, 12:21 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: I thought I established that the most he can make on the market was ~$202M. I was coming to the table with $205-211M. How is that underpaying market price?

(05-12-2023, 12:25 PM)DallasMaverick Wrote: I'm arguing for Kyrie to accept less than market, in order to be on a team that can win a championship.

So less than you're proposing.

(06-01-2023, 11:06 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Kyrie Irving does NOT have a handshake agreement with the Dallas Mavericks on a 4 year max contract, per
@MikeAScotto

^ the tweet above. I don't know. Stein says one thing, Scotto says another. I hate the wild train of Kyrie.