"I'd pay him what he's worth and sort out the team's cap health in other ways."
This ^ feels right.
My working analyzer on JB (and DFS) ideas is: "does this make the Mavs better?"
I see lots of ideas that move on from them, because of the possible contract(s), but I don't think those tend to end up with the Mavs being better, than they already are with them. For a team that's been way too low on talent, and needs to get more, it's not wise to intentionally go backwards in talent. We should have learned over the last decade that finding/adding good talent is really hard, so you'd better hold onto what you have if you finally get some, unless you can get back some talent even better by letting go.
This ^ feels right.
My working analyzer on JB (and DFS) ideas is: "does this make the Mavs better?"
I see lots of ideas that move on from them, because of the possible contract(s), but I don't think those tend to end up with the Mavs being better, than they already are with them. For a team that's been way too low on talent, and needs to get more, it's not wise to intentionally go backwards in talent. We should have learned over the last decade that finding/adding good talent is really hard, so you'd better hold onto what you have if you finally get some, unless you can get back some talent even better by letting go.
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