I'm not sold on Rondo either ...but I'm not convinced that Dragic is as "easy" an option as many of us want to think. "Get him anyway, at any price" is an absurd approach -- not to mention that the Mavs won't see it that way, even if some of you do.
Price isn't solely about contract. It's also about what assets you will have to give up, what you will have to include to salary-match (and matching 19.44M will take several players, some of whom you might need and who will then leave a hole in your rotation, for a 35-year-old backup PG on the downside of his career). The Mavs stance is he's worth having, but not worth the cost of salary-matching.
We want Dragic, if he's reasonably priced or better. I get that, and agree. But if for practical purposes that's a dead end, then what? Just do without?
Price isn't solely about contract. It's also about what assets you will have to give up, what you will have to include to salary-match (and matching 19.44M will take several players, some of whom you might need and who will then leave a hole in your rotation, for a 35-year-old backup PG on the downside of his career). The Mavs stance is he's worth having, but not worth the cost of salary-matching.
We want Dragic, if he's reasonably priced or better. I get that, and agree. But if for practical purposes that's a dead end, then what? Just do without?