08-06-2021, 12:46 PM
(08-06-2021, 12:13 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: He just might agree to it if the 3rd year is unguaranteed. Gives him a chance to enter the loaded 2023 FA class where a lot of teams will have money to blow.
FGump pointed out that 3 year deal with the last year being unguaranteed is legal. I just don't think Lauri is interested in that. After Dan's excellent breakdown of how it's possible for the Mavs to get 9.5M still leaves me wondering if there was a way to get just a bit more to make it more palatable for Lauri to take a temporary discount.
1 Is LM the unsuccessful snt that Fischer has been teasing to tell about? Or was it someone like Portis, or Batum?
2 A deal with the 3rd year unguaranteed is indeed legal, but is not a benefit for LM. If he signs a 3 year deal, he is committing for 3 years.
3 A trade for him would be tricky because he's base year for salary match. It feels like the core of a trade for him would be Maxi or Powell for LM, and then some salary CHI doesn't want (fitting into the TPE) for some other Mav player. But the biggest issue would be getting to the value that would attract CHI to do the deal, and that would also appeal to the Mavs.