12-22-2022, 09:50 AM
(12-22-2022, 08:42 AM)Dundalis Wrote: If the argument is you should turn Wood into Collins because Wood is gone, and not because it helps make the Mavs better, then we may as well trade Luka at this point. Collins is a clear downgrade on Wood right now. It's the Mavs job to put their best players, not only in a position to succeed, but a position to want to stay. We actually used to have that a decade back. If we not only can't do that, but are actively sabotaging our ability to do it, we are a complete lost cause. I'm still thinking it's early in the season, and we aren't that incompetent, and the stuff with Wood will turn around and we will resign him. Probably naive, I know.
How much money should the Mavs pay Wood in your humble opinion, considering that he´s clearly better than Collins according to you.
Collins signed the 25M/year extension based on the exact same raw numbers Wood averaged the last four years.
Since Wood is nevertheless better than Collins (advanced eye test I presume), the Mavs need to take care of their own players (for player relation reasons) and the cap is about to spike by like 20% over the next five years, what you reckon is a fair contract for Wood: 136/4 ish?