(03-17-2021, 05:00 AM)F Gump Wrote: Three notes about the above
1 The Mavs have no choice looming with Brunson. He has another year (2021-22) on his deal. There is no option.
2 If JRich opts in, that 11.6M is all he gets in 2021-22. Maybe that's enough. Maybe it's not.
3 If you sign and trade for a player using cap room (also known as an under-cap trade), or if you simply sign a player using your cap room, the amount of salary you can offer is exactly the same either way. Cap charges for empty roster slots cause that, and work identically in both instances.
I'll try this again. Some of you want to argue, but the above items are all accurate. If you want to think otherwise, you can, but then you would be wrong.
1 Brunson has no option and CANNOT be made a Mavs' RFA this summer. While his salary for 2021-22 is indeed non-guaranteed, that is not the same as an option. To remove the 2021-22 year salary, he would have to be waived, which means (a) all rights and ties are lost, (b) some other team could claim him off waivers, and undoubtedly would, and © if no one claimed him, he would be a UFA with no "prior team."
2 Yes, JRich could both opt in and extend but (for practical purposes) it would be two separate and technically independent transactions, with the option accepted before his deadline and the extension happening after August 1. There is precedent for the Mavs doing this - they did exactly that with Powell.
3 Dan, I'm not sure I followed your explanation of the mechanics of charges for empty roster slots, to know what your bottom line was. But the max amount a team with cap space can offer a FA via SNT that uses all their cap space with no players outgoing, vs a signing, is exactly the same either way. It's as simple as that.
(The mechanics of the cap charges aren't different at all in the 2 situations. I'll leave it at that, since I think I can be best understood by noting how to eat the sausage, not how it's made.)