10-03-2023, 10:31 AM
(10-02-2023, 09:52 PM)surfpuckmd Wrote: He's going to get an extension for more than the MLE. There will be a lot more cap space in the summer of 2024 than there was this past summer. Athletic and willing defensive players who hit 40 percent from 3 are very valuable in the NBA. Especially when they are young and project to improve.
Teams like the Magic, Pistons, Rockets and the Pacers will be competing to add talented young players. Each will have a lot of money next summer. You've had some really intelligent posts about how expensive it is to add players in free agency. It's exactly why the Mavericks have struggled to succeed since 2011. Allowing Josh Green to make it to free agency exposes us to the bidding war of free agency. There will be a team willing to offer him more than $20 million next off-season. Too many teams will have over $50 million to spend. Teams become desperate and make foolish decisions as the talent dries up. As an example, the Mavericks gave Harrison Barnes a max deal in 2016- the Mavs were desperate to add some talent at any price.
The worst case scenario isn't overpaying Josh Green. The worst case scenario is Josh walking next off-season because the Mavericks once again didn't feel like paying market price. We can't keep letting talent walk away. We don't have the assets to patch holes through trades. Mark Cuban will have to pay the market price for talent or we'll never contend. We would be wasting Luka's prime. I don't think anyone wants that.
Athletic and willing defensive player who shoot well from 3 on low volume generally get around the MLE (see Grant Williams). Even some of the best low volume 3&D players never made much more than MLE (Danny Green, Covington). Hell, Dorian is a great example. Its very rare to see a player score less than 10 points a game while not being an elite defender or distributor make significantly more than the MLE.
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