2021-2022 MAVS NEWS: 4th in West | WCF loss [ARCHIVED]

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negotiation? Trying to pump DP's value?

...or the new guys like him like the old guys did

Maybe all of the above?

The reality is that the current state is Dragic is $19M in "sunk cost" to TOR, the price they paid for Precious and a 2nd, and they don't have a particular desire to have him on their roster.

*TOR would ideally replace him with 19M or less in players they do want. Or at least find a way to reduce their wasted outlay from 19M to a (much) smaller number.
*Dragic doesn't really want to be there. He would ideally get his 19M from TOR, and then get to pick a team of his choosing and a new deal.
*Dallas would like to have him, but would ideally prefer not to have to pay (in salary or assets) to get him.

It's unlikely that any of the 3 will get everything they want. But they are all going to try to get as close as possible to their best outcome - which means they are trying to get others to settle for less than they want.