2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

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Does anyone think there is a chance we see a Waive and Stretch this off-season.  I'm thinking specifically of Bertans.  ).

1 Just a math comment, in case it matters
..........My math is different on the pure waive/stretch move (I think the difference in pure tax is about 38.5M, assuming Brunson signs at 20M and going from 175M down to 164.5M payroll, which reduces tax from 68M to about 30.5M).

2 Just an overview comment, that can be fleshed out later if needed
.......... The totality of the financial analysis is more than just the tax difference with a DB s-w. It opens a roster slot (which will then add a salary, which could be of varying sizes, and then that amount will be added salary AND tax). There's also the role that DB plays, and how much that's worth for each of the next 3 years (it's not 16M this season, but it's not 0 either, and getting him off the books for this year means he's not available for any of the 3 years PLUS you are going to be spending assets and payroll to refill that role). Talent is not that important, until you don't have it and try to get some more, and then it's a killer. Also, a s-w here might entice Mavs to use TPE and/or MLE which they otherwise might not --- it shouldn't be an either-or, but perhaps it would be -- but then when you do, those savings and the analysis looks very different in some ways.
............ MY POINT HERE BEING -- YOU AREN'T GOING TO BE SAVING 38m WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE IT AT FIRST.

3 To me, there is one meaningful question here. Your question is certainly fair, but it is an analysis of the possibility, rather than of what is REALLY on the table.

THE Question - is MC a cheap owner who values his money over winning??? We don't know yet if MC will cheap out. He very well might, and we will find out. But if he does, let's call it what it is -- he's prioritizing his dollars over winning.