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[michaeltex]

You are 100% right. They gave him an extension like Naji’s contract, not Green. My bad! 


What is interesting is that Martin is on that same Naji type contract, which means the Mavs have a budget for the role they wanted Grimes, and now Martin, to play.

I'm not saying this was a driving factor in the Grimes trade, but now DAL doesn't have to waste time or bandwidth waiting on Grimes to decide on who he wanted to sign with and see if DAL matched. Kind of like the DJJ deal last summer, instead of waiting, just cut bait and use the space to find another suitable player while there is still an inventory to chose from. 

Also Turner is immediately available for trade opportunities, even pre-FA, like during draft night.