03-28-2021, 09:11 PM
(03-28-2021, 08:45 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: Powell contract was terrible. I don't mind the WCS/Burke signings on their own, I think they got paid sort of what players of their quality get paid. The issue to me this last offseason was doing these small depth signings where clearly we weren't going to get much in terms of talent instead of using the MLE on 1 guy that could move the needle. Jae Crowder is an example where if the Mavs gave him a serious offer I think he could have come here.
The idea that maybe the Mavs could have done better with their MLE than WCS-Burke is reasonable (although debatable).
But saying that Crowder would have come "if only" is just not factual. By all reports, he decided PHX had more potential than DAL as a team. (And he was right, it seems.) So with both offering MLE, he picked PHX over DAL.
Were there others, however, who would have come? Good question. Who else went for the MLE, that the Mavs could have actually landed had they pursued? I don't know the answer, but perhaps someone recalls alternatives.