2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[SleepingHero]

Man, I’d be looking for SnT possibilities if THJ looks for more than $15M and JRich more than $12M. I’d give them 4 years and max raises on that starting salary, but it would make building out the rest of the team that much harder if we go too much higher.

I disagree. I'm actually starting to come around on the idea of overpaying THJ and JRich a little (say instead of 15 it's 17, and instead of 12, 15 for Josh)

Not only do I think by overpaying a little we guarantee their return, we also get 2 contracts right in the sweet spot for matching max contracts for stars. It's hard to match these 30+ mil contracts if your entire team's payroll is 2 30 mil guys and the rest sub 12 mil guys. 

Further, the next TV contract is supposed to be big. A lot of teams are banking on it to restore the lost revenue from COVID. If the cap were to spike just moderately, then THJ at 17 and JRich at 15 isn't much of a hit at all.

Mavs are going to have to rely on their bird rights from now on and operate as an over the cap team and get better through trades. Much like how they built in the mid 2000's. I think as long as we use our MLE smartly, and get bargain vets/shed bloated contracts that are underperforming (I.E Powell), we'll be fine. 

We suck at FA anyways.