2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[ThisIStheYear]

But players grow up immensely in short periods of time sometimes. JB took a HUGE leap this year into a level and tier I personally could never imagine for him. Teams often make mistakes by committing too early to "potential" and getting burned by the contract. Damned if you, damned if you don't.

Nah.  He’s pretty much the same player this year as last, he just played more minutes.  And he was playing a fair number of minutes even then, so there was no reason to think he couldn’t handle more. I’ve always thought he’s been the second best player on the team. It wasn’t that difficult of an evaluation to make when you’re just talking about $14 million a year. His value easily exceeded his extension price.  The Mavs missed big either way this free agency turns out.