2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[DrMav]

Right so I believe that is the situation which means the Mavs will go the RFA route bc it would be crazy not to.

So I’m working with the assumption that cap space will not be relevant the summer of ‘22 because:

1. The Mavs will still have KP or have traded him for a useful player(s), i.e. not for cap space
2. THJ and/or Richardson will have been re-signed, or they’ll have replaced them this summer (and not with 1 year deals)
3. Luka will have a large cap hold anyway.

Maybe none #1 or #2 is off and cap space could be in play, but I think things would have gone horribly wrong if that’s the case.

So since we don’t have to worry about cap space, the only reason I can think of to keep JB on the smaller contract is to make it easier to avoid luxury tax for an additional season. Once Luka’s extension kicks in, that’s going to be much harder to do. 

It’s not my money and my biggest fear with Brunson has been that he’ll become a wasted asset by reaching UFA and leaving, and that was before he started coming on so strong recently. Earlier years Cuban with the old CBA wouldn’t sweat it, these days I just don’t know.