(05-22-2023, 07:53 AM)ItsGoTime Wrote: Because the Lakers have 0 salary matching for a contract as big as Kyrie’s (unless we’re putting LBJ or AD in the deal). The deal you proposed? How was that for salary matching? Are you signing Reaves to a $35M deal (if you could)? It’s easy to throw out 2 names and say, this is the best we can get. Don’t forget the Mavs can say no and then what are the Lakers gonna do? It’s a delicate balance both ways. Mavs just paid a cheap bounty to get him on the team. There’s no reason to work with anyone if they don’t get more than that back. Teams with no capspace are not in the driver’s seat of this deal (we aren’t exactly either, but we don’t have to give in to a beating of an offer). Kyrie wants that team? Fine, we’ll sign him to his accepted deal, then trade him at earliest convenience. We still will not, however, give him away. That’s not disrespecting Kyrie, it’s just not disrespecting ourselves.
Edit: there is a difference between an echo chamber and every single thought getting shut down immediately. I have to give a dissertation on why the trade makes sense every single time making the post a wall of text just to appease the limited thinking mind of Omahen. It gets tiresome and has gone on for as long as I can remember. Sometimes a person gets tired of it.
That is not true, they have zero salary matching for a contract as big, well, if you count the players they could SnT. The deal I proposed included the thought that he could be signed for more than 50/4. After that was discarded, I am retracting it.
Mavs got Kyrie on a team for 6 months. He is FA now. They can't force him to resign with them, if he doesn't want to. They are also not obliged to take back trash to get him to a team he would want. Mavs are not much more in a driver seat than Lakers. I outlined possibilities Kyrie has several times.
Thanks for further insulting me. There are plenty of ideas I like here or give minor tweaks proposals. However, there are some I don't agree with. Not sure why you are posting ideas if you can't handle different opinions.
Edit: Reaves at 20, Vandy at 4 and Bamba gets you to over 40 mil salary for Kyrie. Put Beasley instead of Bamba and you can get even higher. And I do realize now, Reaves can't be SnT at 20, so not possible.