(02-07-2020, 11:44 AM)StepBackJay Wrote: Mavs had roughly 30 mil if they stayed under the cap. Stretching Lee or trading him was an option but they weren't going to do that unless they landed a serious big fish. Wright was 9.5 mil starting and Curry was 7.5 mil starting. That took 17 mil out of 30 which leaves 12-13 as you say left over. I agree there is no reason why Mavs couldn't have got some bargain wings for that price or a better big option than Boban. I really think they let themselves get held hostage by the Kawhi/Green situation. Green is just not good enough to wait. Kemba? Sure. Green waited so long that Mavs didn't have a ton of options after that fell through. They should have given him an ultimatum and moved on if he wanted to wait. Guy like House, RHJ, GR3, Burks and more signed cheap deals. Even if Mavs felt strongly about Wright they should have stayed under the cap to sign more guys. It really is inexcusable that they didn't.
E'twaun Moore and Thomas Bryant signed for less than 10 million. Lamb signed for 10,5 million. They would all fill a position of need here. They are proven players. Even if we gave a 2 year 12 mill contract for the first two and a 3 year 12 mil contract for Lamb it would not be a bad contract. Moore actually signed his contract July 21st.
Carroll, Parker, Hood, Theiss, Davis, Holmes, Justin Holiday, Looney, Bullock all signed for 7 mil or less. None of them good enough to help us? There was just so many options out there and we didn't seem to bother, despite we clearly lacked a back up big man or a strong 3-4 3D guy.
Not to mention offering up to 25 mil per year for Bogdanovic (Utah). Can you imagine how this team would look with him instead of Wright, while we could still get Curry?