2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[StepBackJay]

I´d agree 100% with this statement, if we didn´t have so many extension coming up. Let´s say things work out well this summer.

We trade Powell +Burke +Terry for Markkanen 84/4

Extend THJ and Richardson 56/4 each.

Luka extension 150/5 whatever that max will be.

Dorian 50/4 + Brunson 50/4

Now your 2022 pay-roll roughly looks like this:

Porzingis 34
Luka 30
Markkanen 21
THJ 14
Richardson 14
Brunson 12.5
DFS 12.5
Kleber 9
Green 3

Over 150M for nine guys.

These are pretty fair numbers, even so this sh*t gonna be expensive. You can even allow THJ or Richardson to walk, you´ll still need a MLE replacement, which hardly saves you money. Or you can just ignore Markkanen, but then you still paying Powell + Burke. Not that much of a difference either.

Cuban better be ready to spend money soon.

I don't know why people think that the same Mavs that figured how to keep DFS for 4/yr, Maxi for 8/yr (and remember Curry for 8/yr) are going to suddenly start throwing around huge money for role players. I don't see that happening.

I don't really have much of an opinion on Markkanen other than I don't really see where he would fit on the Mavs in terms of roster construction. He seems to me to overlap stuff KP is doing offensively so I don't know why Mavs would bring him in.