(06-30-2022, 01:32 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: There we go, incentivize extra salary in the deal (make an allstar team, make the finals, etc) and add a trade kicker, offer a declining salary contract 5/125.
I still think a declining salary structure sends the wrong message and makes Jalen feel like someone the Mavs are always going to look to upgrade via trade. And while that's probably the reality, it's not a message you want broadcast so freely. Maybe you can sell it as wanting to have space to build around him and Luka but there seems to be too much history of dangling Jalen in trades.