11-09-2021, 04:19 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-09-2021, 04:40 PM by BackToSquareOne.)
(11-09-2021, 03:50 PM)michaeltex Wrote: Franks 22/23 contract is not guaranteed, but that still prevents him from signing with another team, correct?Correct
Quote:Looking long term...If Frank continues to thrive with DAL, can you do an extension after next year to keep him here and happy?
Sort of, but it's not clear how useful that would be. In summer 2023 the Mavs would have Early Bird rights which allow them to offer him either the better of 175% of his salary in 2022-2023 or 105% of the league average salary for 2022-2023. The 2020-2021 league average salary was close to exactly $10,000,000 .. so about 8.5% of the salary cap. Should be somewhere close to $12m in summer 2023.
If, really getting ahead of ourselves here, at that point Frank is closing in on almost two years of significant contributions on playoff making teams that might not be such an attractive offer from his pov. If he's the 9th guy on the rotation on a team losing badly in the first round of the playoffs each of the next two years (or worse) then it's a decent deal for both sides, I suppose, but doesn't really push either the Mavs or Frank into a better place.