(02-19-2020, 06:38 PM)DrMav Wrote: Problem is unless he just loves playing in Dallas, not sure how we get him on that contract. He doesn’t have much incentive to opt out for a few million payout this summer, and next summer there may be a lot more cap room amongst teams to get him a payday.
60 million (4 year 15 per offer) "today" is still a lot of money. Who knows what can happen next season. He can get injured or hits a bad slump. I think it would be smart from him to seriously consider this kind of offer, if it is on the table. If the offer would be lower, I wouldn't take it, if I am him. I would take my chance next year (unless I get an offer from someone else).
Please mind, theoretically. If THJ resigns for 15 and WCS opts out, we have almost 13 mil of cap space. Drop Jackson to someone for a second round pick and we get to almost 18 mil of cap space. Enough to get us in some Bogi, Harrell, Fournier, Harris, Gallo conversations.
Than trade Wright plus picks for a serious upgrade and we might have a very decent team on us.
Assume we sign Montrezl and trade for Osman (I just don't see any better SF 3-D guys as reasonable targets for Wright+pick(s)) This would give us a more balanced team with a lot of tradeable contracts and a lot of flexibility:
Luka, Brunson
THJ, Seth
Osman, DFS
Montrezl, Kleber, Powell
KP, vet min center, Bobi
Another option is we sign Fournier (or Harris, or Bogi) and trade for someone like Young (Chi):
Luka, Brunson
THJ, Seth
Fournier, DFS
Young, Kleber, Powell
KP, vet min center, Bobi