(06-06-2024, 07:22 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: You listed it as an option in the post where you posed the question! I think it’s kind of extreme, too, not because I don’t think somebody would ask for it, but because I would never, ever do it. If you would, I respect that. I think it’s nuts, but I at least have a better understanding of where you’re coming from. Not in 1 million, trillion years would I do that. Dude is expiring in a year. Dump Green and let Hardaway ride it out on the bench for a year, worst case scenario. Hell, I might even let Jones walk before I did something like that.
I agree somewhat with the premise of your second paragraph, but again, I think the struggle in moving Hardaway is more about not being able to take any salary back, so I’m fairly confident you could move him to add another rotation player. Now, that player might not be as good as the one you are giving up to retain Jones, but remember, this whole conversation is about finding a way to keep Jones.
Knowing that you would send two first round picks out, as extreme as you might think that is at this time, helps me understand why you reacted to what I wrote earlier the way you did, so thank you. I do not believe the Mavericks agree with you, but we will see. Or, hopefully, we won’t see, because they will find a much easier way to handle all of this than we think.
I absolutely would not. I don’t think there’s any way the Mavs would. That list is a complete list of what the Mavs CAN/WILL pay if it is true that he is moved this summer. Me listing it doesn’t mean it a realistic option, but it has to be listed to be a complete list.