Game 3: Dallas Mavericks (1-1) vs San Antonio Spurs (0-2) | 7:00 CST

[F Gump]

Agree on your assessment of ZR.  The question is whether $17mm is the price for “bench piece that can guard most positions and give an energy boost”.

The question is whether $17mm is the price for “bench piece that can guard most positions and give an energy boost”. 

I agree that that's the question-of-the-moment about ZR and a reasonable way to decide his value. But it needs to be underscored that if I see the answer as "no", then that is not necessarily a vote to get rid of ZR. It just means they decline his option and then take the season to figure out what "less than $17M" number they should pay to keep him in the mix for ensuing years.