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

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For reference, this is just $5mm more than THJ. I think he gets this easily.

https://ahnfiredigital.com/nba/dallas-ma...-contract/

I will be really interested if Dallas made an aggressive push to sign him this offseason.   Maybe the answer from Jalen's camp was No, but 4 years at 13 million-ish for a guy like Jalen is life changing.   Maybe he wanted to gamble on himself and may make 5-6 million more per year.  If that is true, there is nothing the team could do.  But there is risk of injury there also.   If Mavs never made an aggressive push, this is another blunder imo.

Even if Jalen does not want to leave, using the Knicks as leverage is the smart move.   

As far as the tax goes, that is the cost of doing business for Cuban.  If he tries to cut corners now, it will be the last straw for me to ever view Cuban in good light any longer.   Maybe you can find ways to reduce $ moving forward but if he cuts corners or reduces our talent due to the cap, then we are just counting the days until Luka leaves imo.

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For reference, this is just $5mm more than THJ. I think he gets this easily.

https://ahnfiredigital.com/nba/dallas-ma...-contract/

I will be really interested if Dallas made an aggressive push to sign him this offseason.   Maybe the answer from Jalen's camp was No, but 4 years at 13 million-ish for a guy like Jalen is life changing.   Maybe he wanted to gamble on himself and may make 5-6 million more per year.  If that is true, there is nothing the team could do.  But there is risk of injury there also.   If Mavs never made an aggressive push, this is another blunder imo.

Even if Jalen does not want to leave, using the Knicks as leverage is the smart move.   

As far as the tax goes, that is the cost of doing business for Cuban.  If he tries to cut corners now, it will be the last straw for me to ever view Cuban in good light any longer.   Maybe you can find ways to reduce $ moving forward but if he cuts corners or reduces our talent due to the cap, then we are just counting the days until Luka leaves imo.