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I think Jones would look somewhere else if he isn't guaranteed a starting spot.  I think he has earned it.  

We will see how the finals go.   I think unless a move that we can't turn down presents itself, we will see mostly the same team next year (hopefully with DJJ).   Count on continuing cohesion and internal development.  Maybe Hardy jumps into the regular rotation as a 22 year old and at some point we start seeing Omax later next season.   

Looking at other teams, I feel like the older teams that are capped out with limited draft picks are like drug addicts trying to find that magical final piece.    The Mavs very well may be better just keeping their 25 and 26 first round picks and trying to add and develop youth.   In the new CBA, it seems like teams get in trouble when they lack that cheap labor with upside.

Unless DJJ has a Bruce Brown-esque Finals run (and that would be a great problem to have), I don't think anyone will consider offering him a lot more than the non-tax MLE. Mavs just need to find a way to free up that MLE.