(05-23-2024, 08:43 PM)Smitty Wrote: There are a few posters here, that I consider smart basketball people, that view THJ as a positive. It only takes one GM to think the same. I feel very strongly that THJ will be moved, if needed, to bring DJJ back.
I’ve said over and over that very few players, if any, have went from vet minimum to 14M AAV. I’ll believe it when I see it.
He’s still a 8/3/1 player this year. Career 7/3/1. Of course he’s been a great POA defender and an excellent fit here. He did jump to 10/4/1 so far in the playoffs but I hardly think that screams 4yr-55M to some other team after 1yr-3M.
Related to THJ, only the pool of GMs from teams with capspace are relevant for Mavs. Not many of those around. It also doesn't only take one GM. If there is no competition, why would that one GM pay Mavs for the privilige to take THJ into capspace? Everyone knows:
a) THJ is not in Mavs plans as he is way overpaid for what he provides for Mavs
b) Mavs need to save salary if they want to retain DJJ over the taxMLE salary
c) THJ strength is shooting only but only in volume, as he is not terribly efficient doing it. These kind of players are putting up numbers on bad/average teams, but rarely have a significant role on contenders
Related to DJJ, teams know Mavs can't offer more than MLE and that Mavs are likely to find a way to offer same money up to MLE, which will make DJJ stay with Mavs. So the cleanest path to him for non Mavs teams, if they really want him, is to offer him more than MLE. The advantage is, that only cap space teams can offer more than MLE and most of those teams don't need a player like DJJ. Still, it only takes one
Examples of (non rookie contract) players from last summer that got huge increase of salary:- Bruce Brown went from 6 mil to 20 mil
- Max Strus went from min to approximately 15.5 mil average