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I think people greatly underestimate how many mediocre players start for "contending teams", much less players of THJ's caliber.    Like am I supposed to believe Royce O'Neale is significantly better than THJ just because he's starting and playing 30+ minutes on the #1 seed in the West?   He's not.   He's just a role guy who fits in well with what the Jazz need from the position and their current roster construction.  Generally most contenders have 2 stars, 1 high level starter, 1 middle of the road starter and 1 coattail rider role player in their starting 5.

Yeah and how do we get that 2nd star, if we re-sign THJ? That effectively makes THJ our 2nd best player. Luka might be the best player in the world, but he is not that much better than Jokic, Booker, Curry, Lillard, LeBron, Mitchell to overcome that our 2nd best player would be like the 3rd sometimes even 4th best player on the other contenders. The cores we have to deal with for the next decade are Jokic/Murray/Porter/Gordon and Booker/Ayton/Bridges.

THJ can stay, but his contract must be super-tradeable next summer. If we pay THJ 70/4, we are f*****. If he wants more than 56/4, then he should prove it on the open market. Most team won´t make him a priority and those who like him will only have the MLE. So the Mavs can actually extract assets in a S&T.

That´s the kind of asset management other teams have used for years to build a war chest for the next disgruntled superstar.

If we turn Porzingis into Turner/Markkanen/Lamb, I´m good. then it´s time to work toward the 2nd star.

Doncic
Lavine
DFS
Markkanen
Turner

That´s a legit young title contender.