2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[jdb152]

I think - and I could be misremembering here - that the Mavs didn't extend JB because the max extension they could offer was less than what he would get on the open market.

Am I remembering that right or am I forgetting something?

By the time he had proven that he was a winning piece under Kidd, there was no way JB would have accepted the max they could offer in season, 4/55ish. In fact, DAL probably reasoned offering that amount would be considered an insult. So, I don't lose any sleep over that and, let's be honest, had they inked him to that deal last summer this board would have been screaming about how horrible the contract was. JB is his own man. I don't listen to player's Dads. There is nothing in his DNA, as a player, that suggests he would leave the winning situation where he'll be paid more for the losing situation(ie 1 series win in 23 years in NY) to make less.