2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[F Gump]

The Smoking Cuban is a fan site. They're like what we'd be if we decided to set up a front page and have a few of us write articles. But they're actually quoting Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report on the 80 mil thing. Pincus cites no one, and I don't know enough about him to know if he has sources or just makes stuff up. 

Anyone have an opinion about Pincus?

Pincus is reliable and careful. But we have what SC claims EP said, and it's better to go see what EP actually wrote.

"Brunson faces a similar market, but the guard is believed by many to be seeking near a four-year, $80 million contract. That is a large number, especially for a player that several competing executives think is too big of a target defensively in the playoffs."

I'm not sure who the "many" might be. But wouldn't he have mentioned they were GMs, execs, or insiders, if they were? Sounds like maybe it's from other media guys, spitballing opinions. Plus, no matter who it is, it's just their guess at the future - and a guess is still just a guess.

Maybe we should also notice his is a number "near" 80M. Just a rough guess from somewhere. Certainly not citing whispers of a specific ask from JB's camp. EP also sees that as a "large" number for him to seek, so there's that -- you don't always get what you ask.

In any event, to translate, a deal with a new team starting at 18M with max raises pays 77.4M, and the Mavs could pay 80.7M on a deal starting at 18M. That's his working guesstimate, it would seem.