08-05-2021, 05:05 PM
(08-05-2021, 04:53 PM)vfromlmf Wrote: mavsluvr Wrote: [url=https://www.mavsboard.com/showthread.php?pid=102289#pid102289][/url]It seems like if any team is in a box, it's Toronto. They're the ones who agreed to take on an old backup guard on a wildly inflated salary, and are now scrambling to find a way out of it.Are you sure it was my post that you meant to reply to?
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Beg to differ. First, as I mentioned previously, Toronto has tons of options.
Indeed, they do. But they don't have the option to force the Mavs to buy Dragic for more than they think he is worth.
Also, they didn't "agree to take" Dragic. No one forced them to do anything. Toronto traded for him - and his guaranteed contract - with eyes wide open. There is no way they're "scrambling to find a way out" of a deal they haven't even officially completed.
Yeah, that's pretty much the definition of "agree," isn't it? No one forced it on you.
Moreover, I don't know where this idea that Dragic's contract is wildly inflated came from. He signed the contract years ago and he's never been considered overpaid. Actually, there are people who consider him overpaid now. Apparently including other teams who aren't standing in line to pay him $19M. But others, including yourself, may well consider him underpaid. That's what makes horse races. Miami simply picked up the last year option. Sure, $19 million is starter money ... but he started half of Miami's playoff games last year and average 29 MIN which would be among top five if he played for the Mavs. For comparison, JRich got 13 MIN in the playoffs last year. Dragic is not some washed-up dead weight contract.
Dragic can provide a team some minutes. Could help the Mavs. Never said otherwise.
I guess maybe your point is, if Dragic were a free agent today, a new deal might start between the full MLE and his current deal. But he's not a free agent, so it doesn't matter.
Of course, it matters. Other teams dealing with Toronto are going to pay what they think he's worth to them today, not when his contract was made/option take up by another team. So, if they think he is worth, for example, $10M to them, they're not likely to pay $19M.