TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[Mavs2021]

Nurkic just got $17M AAV. How Much does Christian Wood get next summer? Remember, the Mavs do not have cap space. 

If you think he's "better" than Brunson, the number has to be at least $23M AAV, right? Is he worth that? 

Stein is still reiterating the Mavs need a pathway to a "second star."

That´s a huge number to be honest, because neither side had anywhere to go, if we are honest. Blazers couldn´t get a better center on the free agent market, but who was paying Nurkic more than the MLE? Also don´t even have a back-up C yet.

Guess the Blazers owner didn´t want to do his superstar dirty so he overpaid for a lack of better options.