02-11-2021, 04:20 PM
(02-11-2021, 04:15 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Regarding re-signing Collins, Richardson and THJ...
If you traded for Collins and had his bird rights, and if you didn't have to include THJ or Richardson in that deal, then yes, you'd theoretically have the ability to re-sign them all to longer contracts, I think.
However, without doing some math, and without knowing what THJ/Richardson will be worth on the market (let's assume Collins gets his max), and with the knowledge that Luka will get his max extension that same summer (although as @"omahen" pointed out the other day, it wouldn't take effect next season), I have a feeling the result of paying all three would be going into the tax with no easy way out. I could be wrong about that.
For sure but I think in the end it will come down to Cubans willingness to pay luxury tax any way. I still don´t think that any available free agents is better than the current combination of THJ/Richardson + whatever Johnson and picks can net in a trade. That is the best way to maximize the Mavs current assets.