05-19-2021, 10:57 AM
(05-19-2021, 09:48 AM)StepBackJay Wrote: Holmes would not have zero trade value unless we (or somebody) pays him 20 mil. You sign him to a good contract (see Christian Wood last year) and all of a sudden he has a lot of value. Wood in a trade would fetch you something nice. If this year's abundance of cap space makes a Wood-type player go to 20 mil/yr instead of 13/yr then you have to do something else. Not worth overpaying and I doubt Mavs would do that for Holmes.
Collins on the other-hand is young with more upside and so I could see an overpay there being something that Mavs would do.
Some caution on using Wood's deal as a benchmark for bigs this offseason - on a Duncan & Hollinger podcast awhile back they mentioned that Wood had some character "red-flags" well-known across the league that likely depressed the market for him.