02-16-2022, 06:19 AM
You know what is most annoying about this. It once again smacks of no long-term planning at all.
The contract extensions for DFS and Brunson are nothing new, neither is the Porzingis contract (or the replacement contracts). So why sign THJ to that extension, when you basically already know that you do not want to pay the luxury tax. I guess there is still a chance Cuban will pay, but I think 99% of us expect him to package the 2022 1st round pick with one of the bad contracts to get out of the money.
So basically we´ll have to pay up a 1st round pick, because Cuban extended THJ, but doesn´t want to face the consequences. If he simply let the contract run out last summer or turned a S&T into better manageable contracts, we could keep our 2022 1st round pick.
Also bad planning with Boban/Burke/S. Brown. That´s 10M in combined salaries that barely play.
That´s why a lot of top team use rookies. It´s cheap talent. Guys like Maxey and Bane outplay Dinwiddie or THJ on lowly rookie deals. We are going to lose that 2022 pick. Don´t have a 2023 pick and don´t have capspace. Honestly if you ask me Cuban is all-in with the Nikola Jokic free agency. It either works or Luka is gone. I really see no other end game to this, unless some people truly believe Brunson, Bullock and DFS can be the 2nd, 3rd and 4th best players on a championship contender.
The contract extensions for DFS and Brunson are nothing new, neither is the Porzingis contract (or the replacement contracts). So why sign THJ to that extension, when you basically already know that you do not want to pay the luxury tax. I guess there is still a chance Cuban will pay, but I think 99% of us expect him to package the 2022 1st round pick with one of the bad contracts to get out of the money.
So basically we´ll have to pay up a 1st round pick, because Cuban extended THJ, but doesn´t want to face the consequences. If he simply let the contract run out last summer or turned a S&T into better manageable contracts, we could keep our 2022 1st round pick.
Also bad planning with Boban/Burke/S. Brown. That´s 10M in combined salaries that barely play.
That´s why a lot of top team use rookies. It´s cheap talent. Guys like Maxey and Bane outplay Dinwiddie or THJ on lowly rookie deals. We are going to lose that 2022 pick. Don´t have a 2023 pick and don´t have capspace. Honestly if you ask me Cuban is all-in with the Nikola Jokic free agency. It either works or Luka is gone. I really see no other end game to this, unless some people truly believe Brunson, Bullock and DFS can be the 2nd, 3rd and 4th best players on a championship contender.