Trade & FA 2023-24: Hartenstein to get 100M?| Cavs Want to Keep Core 4?

[dirkfansince1998]

The thing about talking trades is I think the only way DJJ comes back is if he has a starting spot and probably wink wink deal that Mavs will take care of him.

Not sure if he is in the position to ask for that. He had the best season of his career and I want him back in a Mavs jersey but for the entire season he averaged 9/3/1. 10/4/1 in the playoffs.
His first round performance on offense was mediocre. OKC series has been great. Really think that he is in the perfect spot and realizes it himself. There aren't a lot of teams that can work around his short comings as a shooter (that still exist, even though he had more hot stretches this season). That also have the kind of passer/playmaker that can create opportunities for a slasher/lob thread like him. Jokic is the only player the league that can "throw him open" on lob passes like Luka and the Mavs can offer more money than Denver.

Question is if recency bias of a big playoff run will lead to a big offer from one of the tanking teams (similar to the Mavs missing out on Thybull minus the RFA status).