(03-25-2021, 04:14 PM)michaeltex Wrote: B - If JRich opts out, does he become an RFA or UFA?
C - Can the Mavs unilaterally turn Brunson's deal into a guaranteed contract? If they do, does it give them Bird rights going into year 3?
J-Rich -- will be a 2021 UFA is he declines his option.
Brunson -- We should consider Brunson's deal as if the "non-guaranteed" setup didn't exist. It has become irrelevant, because they aren't going to waive him, and that's the only time it would be a consideration. (In case anyone s wondering, it will become fully guaranteed before free agency starts. Not that it really matters anymore.) He will become a UFA in the summer of 2022, and the Mavs will have full Bird rights (as he will have completed 4 years with them).